We previously said that millions of jobs will disappear, with millions of others being created in return, along with many new specializations. I believe that the Ministry of Education should have been aware of this, and I believe that universities should also be aware of it.
Perhaps it will require a general education conference in the form of a workshop that brings together the public and private sectors to develop a major and fundamental change plan in education. I do not mean making the high school final exams for one or two years, and perhaps in the near future, such an exam will not exist.
There are 14 million jobs that will disappear, or have already started to disappear, which is supposed to turn education and its means upside down.
On the other hand, the economy will create 69 million new jobs by 2027, but it will eliminate 83 million jobs. This means the disappearance of 14 million jobs, which is equivalent to 2% of the current workforce.
A survey of employers around the world, published on the World Economic Forum website, says that the most important reason is the rapid transition to artificial intelligence. We were not surprised some time ago by the appearance of a news anchor whose body was an artificial intelligence robot, which will replace humans in many jobs, and machines have already replaced workers in industry, especially in the automotive industry, for example.
The spread of artificial intelligence calls for a revolution in education to keep pace with it and change the pattern of future jobs, which millions of young people are waiting for jobs they have prepared for with outdated or nearly outdated educational patterns.
It is true that companies will need special workers to help them deal with and manage artificial intelligence tools, and again, these developments impose a new pattern in education systems.
Of course, the Arab world will be late in keeping up with these developments, and this delay will be followed by a delay in keeping up with the artificial intelligence revolution.
Just as universities and schools must keep up with this revolution, families and students must adapt to the new options before their traditional options throw them into the unemployment reservoir.
