Our CEO, Ms. Prudence Zoe Glorious, moderated a significant conversation during the launch of Stanbic Bank Tanzania’s Edufinance solution two Thursdays ago. 🇹🇿
As she reflects on the evolving world, Ms. Prudence observes the increasing use of AI in the workplace, drawing from her own professional experience with tools like Grammarly. Quoting Andreas Schleicher, the OECD Director for Education and Skills, she points out the existing gap between employer needs and current educational practices, stressing the inadequacies of educating students as ‘second-class robots.’
In a recent encounter, she came across an inspiring story highlighting students collaborating on a Google Doc to take notes while the teacher spoke. This simple yet effective model resembles a flipped classroom, presenting an opportunity for proliferation in Tanzanian schools if supported by the appropriate infrastructure. The personal touch comes when she relates this innovation to a supportive mother, who diligently wrote notes overnight for her son, underscoring how such innovations could have alleviated such situations.
Reflecting on the world, she emphasizes the need to go beyond the traditional notion of preparing young people for specific occupational roles. Instead, she calls for education that enables critical thinking, emotional understanding, and intellectual growth. Looking at the urgency of the current zeitgeist, she encourages the support of learning institutions with collaborative digital infrastructures and platforms, envisioning a future where such technologies propel learning forward for Tanzanian learners coupled with high quality basic education in literacy & numeracy. 📚💡