by Ng Sijia

“Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught,” Oscar Wilde once famously said.

How many people in today’s Information Age would agree with that statement made in the Industrial Age?

Would you?

A re-evaluation in focus — from the production of physical goods in the Industrial Age to the manipulation of information in today’s Information Age — has enabled global economy to progress, with the public school system mainly responsible for priming the workforce. But it is necessary to question if such an education system, which came into establishment in the 19th century to meet the needs of industrialism, is still relevant in today’s society and beyond.

21st-century educational institutions have done well to incorporate facets of Information and Technology Age into their systems. For instance, virtual educational programs and distance learning make use of the Internet and the World Wide Web to educate today’s generation, through online lectures organised by Harvard Law School amongst many other universities.

At face value, it seems like a wonderful system of preparing workforces required by rapidly changing economies around the world.

Or is it?

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SIJIA NG
Junior Assistant Editor of TAXI Design Network

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