MAIN CHALLENGES FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION TODAY

ARNEL N. CELIS

Today, the biggest challenge in the domain of school education is the dearth of quality teaching methodologies and curriculum. The school education in our country has actually gone through very few changes to catch up with the dynamics of the changing economy. I believe that school education should lay the foundation among the students to nurture future leaders. For this, schools today have to go through radical changes in terms of their teaching pedagogy and curriculum planning.There are some qualities that a creative and emotional mind will always be able to do better than technology, and these are the skills that education needs to harness in 2018.

In order to prevent mass structural unemployment in the future, education in 2018 needs to look forward to the economy of tomorrow and focus on the skills that will be relevant to pupils when they enter the job market.Social and emotional intelligence. In an increasingly unsteady political world, which is becoming more digitized by the day, social awareness and emotional intelligence are two of the most important human skills. Being able to emotionally connect with others, empathetically relate to difficult situations and having the nuance to navigate complex social issues is paramount to maintaining peace and stability in the future.Empathy and compassion are needed now more than ever to help restore the human and natural world before humanity is wiped out completely. While education used to prepare students for the industrial world, 2018 is the year education has to restore the damage the industrial world has done. Education technology. This fall in innovation may see the stagnation of education reform to meet the needs of the alreadydigitized 21st century. However, by focusing on new technologies, such as Virtual Reality, ed-tech can gain new life and offer students a learning experience that is unique to traditional education.

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The author is Teacher III from Mauaque High School, Division of Mabalacat City