New Delhi Nov 15 (IANS) Incorporating creativity and technology in the education curriculum can help students gear up for a fast changing world a new survey said on Wednesday.
Titled "Gen Z in the Classroom: Creating the Future" by global software major Adobe the study revealed that a staggering 95 per cent of students and 91 per cent of teachers see creativity as essential to the careers of Gen Z -- roughly a 15-year bloc beginning around 1996 currently between five to 19 years old -- students.
Further 94 per cent of students and 90 per cent of teachers are of the view that technology-based tools play a key role in boosting creative thinking which will help Gen Z students stand apart in the future workforce.
"With its rapid digital transformation story and world s youngest millennial population India is uniquely positioned as a country where its Gen Z students population has grown up in a tech-enabled and information-driven world " Kulmeet Bawa Managing Director Adobe South Asia said in a statement.
"The survey reiterates the need for creativity and technology in learning environments to thrive in tandem and is symbolic of how India s education curriculum needs to evolve to help students gear up for a fast changing world " Bawa added.
Expressing concern about their future 95 per cent of Gen Z students also believe that their future careers would involve more creativity than what exists today stressing the urgent need to include more creativity in the classroom.
Gen Z students (62 per cent) and their teachers (56 per cent) also agreed that the best method for learning and teaching is through creativity and hands-on experiences.
"Technology as a base has enabled transformation in multiple ways and bringing this change in the education sector will make way for the future of our students and teachers would like to see " Bawa said.
For the survey aimed at providing insights into student and teacher perspectives on learning creativity and future readiness Adobe surveyed 500 Gen Z students and 200 teachers across India.
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