The document discusses the skills needed for the 21st century as identified by various organizations over time. It notes that the Delors Report in 1996 by UNESCO first identified four pillars of education: learning to learn, learning to do, learning to live together, and learning to be. More recently, frameworks from OECD, the University of Melbourne, and Partnership for 21st Century Skills have outlined additional important skills such as communication, creativity, ethics, critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, digital literacy, and life/career skills. National frameworks from India like CBSE and NEP 2020 also emphasize skills including scientific temper, evidence-based thinking, innovation, communication, collaboration, digital/coding literacy, and citizenship.

1. Keynote address in Udala College, Udala in the Webinar on Education for 2st Century
Skills: Prospects for School and Higher Education on 05/03/2021
 21st Century is characterised by rapid technological advancement.
 Education for global and conscious citizen
 21st century skills are not new but newly emphasised in world
 First time Delors Report (1996) by UNESCO identified four pillars of education
o Learning to learn
o Learning to do
o Learning to live together
o Learning to be
 OECD (2009) Orgnaisation for Economic Cooperation & Devt. Identified following
skills
o Communication
o Information
o Ethics & Social Impact
 ATCS -2012 (Assessment & Teaching of 21st Century skills) by University of
Melbourne
o Ways of thinking
o Ways of working
o Tools for working
o Living in the world
 Partnership in for 21st century skills (2009)
o Learning & innovation skills
o Information, media and technology uses
o Life and career skills
 Learning & Innovation: core subject, critical thinking and problem solving,
communication & collaboration, creativity & innovation
 Digital literacies: Information literacy, media literacy and ICT literacy
 Life & Career Skills: Flexibility & adaptability, Initiative & self-direction, social & cross
cultural interaction, productivity & accountability, leadership & responsibility

2. 3Rsx7Cs=21st Century Learning
3Rs
Reading
wRiting
aRithmetic
7Cs
Critical Thinking & Problem-solving
Creativity & Innovation
Collaboration, Teamwork & Leadership
Cross-cultural Understanding
Communication & Media Fluency
Computing & ICT Fluency
Career & Learning Self-reliance
CBSE (May 2020)
o Critical thinking
o Creativity & innovation
o Collaboration
o Communication
o Information, media literacy
o Flexibility & adaptability
o Leadership & responsibility
o Initiative & self-direction
o Productivity & accountability
NEP 2020
o Critical thinking & Problem solving
o Scientific temper
o Evidence based thinking
o Creativity & innovativeness
o Sense of aesthetics
o Communication
o Collaboration & team work
o Digital literacy
o Coding & computational thinking
o Gender sensitivity
o Citizenship skills
o Sustainable thinking