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Value of education - Coggle Diagram

- - - - 1) Complex issues in today's world requires the ability to see connections. Interdisciplinary backgrounds are becoming more attractive to employers. Schools are diversifying their focus and encouraging a more broad-based and skills-focussed education.
        
        e.g: STEM Education, where critical thinking, logical analysis, inquiry and project-based learning are the keystones. This a paradigm shift from traditional education, which vitally lacks hands-on learning.
    - - In this rapidly changing world, it is more practical for students to focus on acquiring skills that can be helpful for all contexts, rather than specialised knowledge. Communication, technological savviness and problem-solving are important skills taught. Soft and hard skills enable students to be future-ready.
        
        e.g Duke-NUS Medical School and team-based learning, refreshed continuing education and The Continuing Education and Training (CET) Masterplan, which aims to future-proof Singapore workforce by promoting lifelong learning. A programme under the plan is Skillsfuture.