Info Proyek: Digital Skill - Measure the Skills

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Transferable skills – sometimes also called life skills, 21st Century skills or socioemotional skills – are essential to all of us and act as “the glue of all skills”, including foundational skills, digital skills, job-specific skills, and entrepreneurial skills, enabling us to learn, work, participate in society, and in a nutshell, live. They play a role in every aspect of the lives of children and young people now, and later, as adults.

Skills like academic grit and problem solving may help us learn foundational skills like reading and mathematics which are the gatekeepers to further academic learning (for example the UNICEF-supported Tanzania Life Skills Assessment provides information on the connections between transferable skills and foundational skills). Skills like empathy help us to become good citizens, both of one’s own country and the world, and to become good employees or employers. We need a whole range of skills like creativity and critical thinking to get that job, or to start that business.

Foundational skills, such as reading, writing and math are the foundation of further learning.
Transferable skills, also known as ‘life skills’ or ‘socio-emotional skills’, include problem solving, negotiation, empathy and communication skills. These skills work as the central glue which connects all other skills and helps young people to navigate challenges.
Digital skills, support young people to use and understand technology, which are essential skills in the 21st century.
Job-specific skills, also known as ‘technical and vocational skills’, support young people’s transition into the workforce.
Entrepreneurial skills, support business development and social entrepreneurship and include skills like time management, goal setting, innovative thinking, and financial literacy.