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Did you know... that in 2028, when these children are preparing to leave school, global population will be pushing 8.3 billion.

Islam will be the world’s largest religion, with 2.2 billion followers.

The ‘average’ person will be a 34 year-old Indian man.

Wearable technology will be controlled by thought.

50% of today’s jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence.

3D printing will mean that many products are produced on location, reducing the need for transportation.

Car insurance will be a thing of the past, as most cars will be driverless.

The entire contents of the Internet will be able to be stored on DNA.

The most valuable and fought-over resource will be water.

62% of the global population will live in cities.

1 in 3 people will live beyond 100 years of age.

Depression will be the second highest cause of disease burden in middle income countries after obesity.

Chinese will be the most widely spoken language, closely followed by Spanish.

The Chinese economy will have been the largest for 14 years, closely followed by India.

There will be 2 billion middle class [people] with an insatiable appetite for luxury western goods that are produced in the east.

‘There is no prior period of change that remotely resembles what humanity is about to experience. We have gone through revolutionary periods before, but not as powerful or as pregnant as the fraternal twins – peril and opportunity – as the ones beginning to unfold.’ – Al Gore, The Future (2013).

So what impact will technology have on schooling? Technology has the potential to enrich and empower learning. But there is also the risk that it will overpower life as we know it.

And what impact will the future of employment have on education? The global economy is being transformed with jobs outsourced to developing nations and artificial intelligence.

How will we prepare balanced global citizens with a heart for servant leadership in an increasingly secular, internationalised, technology-driven fast changing world?

[Credits:] Centre for Research, Innovation & Future Development. Produced by Alex Browning. Thanks to Scenario Planning Team.