HERE IS A RECENT REPORT ON THE DECLINE IN SKILL TRAININGS IN SCHOOLS.
• THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM REPORTED THE 2022 SKILLS OUTLOOK •
College professors report the following skills the students lacking:
- 70% say students do not comprehend complex reading materials
- 66% say students cannot think analytically
- 65% say students lack appropriate work and study habits
- 62% say students write poorly
- 59% say students don't know how to do research
- 55% say students can't apply what they've learned to solve problems
Achieve Inc. http://www.achieve.prg/files/pollreport.pdf
• THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM REPORTED THE 2022 SKILLS OUTLOOK •
Growing
- Analytical thinking and innovation
- Active learning and learning strategies
- Creativity, originality and initiative
- Technology design and programming
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Complex problem solving
- Leadership and social influence
- Emotional Intelligence
- Reasoning problem-solving and ideation
- Systems analysis and evaluation
Declining
- Manual dexterity endurance and precision
- Manual, verbal auditory and spatial abilities
- Management of financial, material resources
- Technology installation and maintenance
- Reading, writing, math and active listening
- Management of personnel
- Quality control and safety awareness
- Coordination and time management
- Visual, auditory and speech abilities
- Technology use, monitoring and control
These are 10 skills that the World Economic Forum says will become more in demand in the next three years, as well as 10 skills you might not be needing as much. (https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/10-skills-wont need-2022-10-will-230710565.html)
**The x10 Thinking + x10 Selling Toolkit trains in 7 out of 10 of the WEF 2022 Skills now in growing demand.