The document outlines the necessity of 21st century skills for empowering children and adolescents, facilitating their holistic learning, and improving their employability in a dynamic job market. It emphasizes key skills such as creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, information literacy, and adaptability, which are essential for personal and professional success. The document argues that these skills enable individuals to effectively navigate challenges, make informed decisions, and collaborate across diverse environments.

1. Need of 21st
Century Skills
January 2024

2. Need of 21st Century Skills
• Key to empowerment of children and adolescents to deal with the issues and
concerns related to their life
• Help for the complete and holistic learning of students, that is, they can
effectively perform and fulfil his/her responsibilities and duties towards
self, school, family, society and above all, the nation.
• Help to become good citizen and responsible human-being
• The persons having 21st CS skills can increase their employability rate in the
world
• 21st CS are helpful for successful career development
• Individual need to have 21st CS to fulfil the market demand of the world
• 21st CS helps individual in becoming more self-directed learner, and competent
problem solver
• For example, becoming culturally literate, technologically savvy, and
socially conscious help an individual to increase the effectiveness of
his/her success as a professional

3. Need of 21st Century Skills
Creativity – many jobs today require creativity- company seeks
creative professionals – trying something differently presented –
use creative thinking to generate new ideas, shifts perspectives
and develop unique solutions to issues
Critical thinking -
Professionals having
critical thinking
skills
•are proactive enough to expect
and plan for future issues before
they occur
•can discover and appraise a
situation using relevant facts
and evidence
•can filter and organize
information, data and insights to
identify and solve any issue
•can reach workable solutions and
rational judgments

4. Need of 21st Century Skills
Collaboration - It involves being a good listener,
engaging and cooperating with others to reach a
specific goal - being able to work with others means
one can benefit from others’ expertise - Collaboration
skills teach individual to be more versatile and make
important allowances and adjustments to improve
teams' overall performance and boost productivity.
Communication - Having excellent communication
skills with the employe’s
• Can assist in presenting objectives, duties and
requirements clearly to all parties related to the
companies
• help to convey suggestions to each other in the
company, which might increase productivity and
profit.

5. Need of
21st
Century
Skills
Information
literacy
It is important to
recognize
trustworthy and
factually correct
information to
make intelligent
and educated
decisions in an
individual
personal and
professional lives
Mastering it
involves knowing
how to locate
information,
analyze its
accuracy and adapt
it to various
scenarios.
Media literacy
Assist
individua
l in
identifyi
ng
credible
sources
for news,
empirical
studies
and other
data from
a variety
of
platforms
.
Technological
literacy
Today's workspace is rich in
technology, ranging from
online calendars to
accounting software to
project management tools
Possessing basic digital
literacy skills might make it
easier for an individual to
grasp a new type of
technology for his/her job or
personal use.
• For instance, digital
literacy can help an
individual to organize a
video call, exchange ideas
with his/her peers and
collaborate and communicate
effectively.

6. Need of 21st Century Skills
Social skills
• Learning social skills may make it easier
for an individual to work with others
• Person having strong social
and interpersonal skills can usually
network more successfully and build
stronger ties with peers and prospective
clients.
• Practicing these skills can also help
individual to improve other important skills,
such as teamwork or leadership.
• Etiquette, attitude, courtesy and empathy
all play important roles in society and might
influence business decisions.

7. Need of 21st Century Skills
• Leadership
• Showing initiative, addressing problems, resolving conflict and
learning to be accountable for an individual’s own actions and those
of team members
• Effective leaders can assist their colleagues to enhance the quality
of their work and boost productivity, which is why most employers
generally respect strong leadership skills.
• Adaptability
• Today’s job market is dynamic, so the versatile professionals are
attractive to employers because
• they might work well independently and as a team, whether
they are working remotely or in an office, and
• they can take and provide instructions and respond to feedback
equally well.
• Adaptability skills imply you are open to learning new things, taking
on additional responsibilities and adjusting to accommodate
organizational changes.

8. Need of 21st Century Skills
Global awareness
•21st century is the age of globalization
- many businesses operate worldwide,
providing a chance to connect with
people from all over the world or work
abroad
•Learning about various countries and
communities, cultural norms and their
ways of life might help you to
appreciate your international team
members more and make you adaptable to
change.
•Acknowledging and respecting these
differences might help you to
collaborate more effectively, increase
professional network and potentially
find new career prospects.
Decision making
•It is important for every professional
to be able to make the right decisions
for their organization.
•Effective decision-making skills can
help you approach challenges in the
right manner and suggest constructive
solutions with the least amount of risk.
•Decision making is an important talent
that involves deciding between various
strategies when solving an issue.
•When looking for prospective employees,
most recruiters and hiring managers
typically look for this ability in the
candidates.

9. Need of 21st Century Skills
Problem solving
• Hiring managers may frequently use the term problem-solving abilities to
describe the capacity to manage challenging or unpredictable situations at
work skillfully.
• Individuals who can evaluate various issues and propose quick resolutions
are generally in high demand.
• This skill is also beneficial in other aspects of your professional life, such as
network building and day-to-day decision-making.
• Effective problem solving may also involve technical expertise and
specializations relevant to industries or roles.
• Possessing problem-solving skills generally implies strong analytical,
creative and critical thinking abilities.

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