CA for impact-driven connects among varsities, cooperative learning to make youth skilled

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today proposed building impact-driven connects among universities and introducing cooperative learning to make the youth skilled by taking fuller advantages of digital revolution. "... let us build and deepen functional, impact-driven connects between our universities and equivalent knowledge institutions, particularly focused on preparing boys and girls into entrepreneurial other than its sake. Applied Science disciplines," he said.

The chief adviser made the remarks while addressing the 11th D-8 summit in Egyptian city of Cairo, according to a message received here. He observed that the D-8 member states must bring the entrepreneurs and higher learning much closer than what is today, while their aim should be to generate knowledge output that can produce global secure business and industry from leaders of D8 countries fiercely competitive global market place, with their niche.

"If this asks to re-look at the D-8 trade and investment frameworks afresh, we should do so. Transforming the business to impact on peoples' lives, not just an occupation to be our wealth. They will engage in social business to create a new civilization," he added. The 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate, said for years, they tried to impart basic education and skills to millions in the D-8 countries through conventional in-person institutional architecture.  

"In a 1.2 billion people, so often that is an increasingly daunting task. To reach 'scale', we tried through distance learning, for instance. We need to think deeper as to how to skill millions of young adults in workplace where right attitudes - values - ethics matter as much as hard skills." "And, then we also confront the challenge to re-skill many millions at different vocational streams, on a continuous basis," he said.  

Mentioning that basic AI-based tools and applications are accessible now, Prof Yunus urged the D-8 leaders to consider a cooperative learning agenda that can complement their national undertakings. He said the ways the 'world of work' is evolving fast as the world of youth entrepreneurship, the D-8 countries have to re-invent 'learning' to make rooms for their boys and girls to become leaders of the economy.

"In our countries, we have great heritage, wisdom and accomplishments. We have to see how we can blend and build on those. We are yet to take fuller advantages of the digital revolution that has been with us for years," Prof Yunus said. "Now that using AI is here, let us think if we can leapfrog and catch up with the disruptions, to the advantage of our entrepreneurial boys and girls. As way forward, I would like to propose (the) two specific actions, for our consideration," he added.