Industry 4.0 Requires Change in Education System

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - The fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) is believed to have a major impact on the world of employment and demands changes in the education system to anticipate and confront a massive transformation that will continue to occur.

This was stated in a panel discussion titled Future of Work which is part of the Global Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Dialogue and the 'Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)' Meeting, in Jakarta , Monday (7/5/2018).

A panelist who is CEO of Mercer Indonesia Bill Johnston said the future workplace will be more focused on the emotional relationships between parties, compared to traditional business atmosphere that is more concentrated on transactions and exchanges.

This means, continued Bill Johnston, there will be many requests for new skills such as communication and connections.

"Traditional jobs will be reconfigured and new skills will be important in achieving success," explains Bill.

It can be seen through a common economic phenomenon known as 'Shared Economy' or 'collaborative consumption', which is a business concept that highlights ability, even preference, for individuals to rent or borrow goods rather than to buy and own.

One example of Shared Economy is the 'Airbnb' rental property, where consumers can choose to rent private property for a while and live like a place of their own.

The practice involves a lot of social skills such as communication and 'networking'.

Loss of relevance In an effort to grow the skill, Shirley Santoso from A.T. Kearney Indonesia believes that the 'one-way' education system still applied in Indonesia today will lose its relevance.

"One-way education, where teachers ask questions and students answer them, will not be able to accommodate the criteria needed to deal with changes in the workplace," Shirley said.

These criteria, he added, include creativity, critical thinking, complex problem solving, and emotional ability.

The panel discussion entitled 'Future of Work' was held as a series of the first '25th Global' Dialogue Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the 25th 'Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)' Meeting in Jakarta, 7-8 May.

The discussion featured panelists from various elements, including the Head of the Work and Skills Research Center of the University of Adelaide Kostas Mavromaras, representative of A.T. Kearney Indonesia Shirley Santoso, representative of the International Labor Organization in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Phu Huynh, Mercer Indonesia CEO Bill Johnston, and APEC Education Network Coordinator Wang Yan. (ant)