Author(s): Prabhu Preetam Roul¹, Dr. Dipanshu Sharma²,

 Ishita Mishra³

DOI:-https://doi.org/10.64880/shikshasamvad.v3i2.31

Abstract

This article discusses the need to re-conceive education in India and Asia to develop a workforce that is ready to work in the future with the swift technological, economic and environmental upheavals. Based on the Future of Jobs Report 2025 by the World Economic Forum, which predicts that the world will gain 78 million jobs by 2030 through the formation of 170 million jobs and 92 million job losses, the analysis demonstrates that the region has high skill gaps. In India, graduate employability is 42.6% to 54.81% in 2025, highlighting the discrepancies between traditional rote-based education and requirements of AI-savvy and cybersecurity, data analytics, and enduring human capabilities such as creative thought and resilience. The discussion criticizes old pedagogies, promotes new forms of transformational learning including project-based learning, technology-supported personalization (e.g., AI tutors and platforms like DIKSHA), and lifelong ecosystems, including micro-credentials and apprenticeships. The national education policy of India (NEP) 2020 with the gradual implementation that has gathered foundational literacy and vocational integration gains is a case study, along with the regional ones such as Singapore’s SkillsFuture. Solutions to these problems are lack of funds, change resistance, and equity barriers, and solutions to these issues include inclusive reforms of green transitions and demographic dividends. The policy suggestions would be collaborative frameworks, ethical integration of AI, and long-term investment. The article sees a 2050 workforce that is flexible and empowered, and it requires stakeholders to take immediate measures in order to reduce the rifts and place Asia as a strong and innovative world player.

Keywords: Future-ready workforce, National Education Policy 2020, Skills gap, AI literacy, Lifelong learning, Experiential pedagogies, Green skills, Employability, India Asia education reform.