'Relearning' education in the age of AI

After decades spent discussing how and what to teach in the classrooms, the focus is now turning more to implementation, experts said at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) conference in Doha, hosted by the Qatar Foundation on 19-21 November. Ministers and education experts discussed in Doha how to reap the benefits of the digital revolution as new challenges arise from teaching students across the world in the era of artificial intelligence. OECD countries spend on average 4.5% of their GDP on education. At the same time, education itself is transforming to adapt to a changing planet. The constant retooling of labour skills will be a central element of a European Commission paper on the future of the EU social pillar, to be published on 26 April, EURACTIV.com In an increasingly uncertain and unstable world, citizens are expected to become life-long learners in order to remain relevant for a fast-changing labour market that will be disrupted by machines.