Building Global-ready Citizens
The world and societies have witnessed huge transformations, developments, and cultural changes in the past 3 to 4 decades. Breakthrough technologies such as the internet, mobile devices, and infrastructure development have leapfrogged places that were remote and excluded. The benefits of these advancements to previously marginalized societies and most evidently in cities are vast and too many to mention. The developments have been breathtaking and this new dawn of progress has been a marvel. From the way we travel to farming, to industry, to politics, to science, to education, all these sectors have taken great leaps. However, a gap has been left between the lines of this full steam train of globalization; the development of what we termed global-ready citizens.
Due to globalisation, old localised cultural fundamentals are becoming obsolete and in some cases forgotten by a new wave of undefined – unstructured principles. Unfortunately, the crusaders of globalisation did not draft a new set of applicable cultural definitions; this process has somehow been left to nature. Society however has reflected its new social order by some serious issues, which are of much concern such as lack of knowledge of basic laws (local & international), environmental contribution, and a lack of social contribution.
It is no surprise to find individuals in this new age of technology with access to all kind of technology and devices but has little or no knowledge of their constitution or basic rights. This gap is made worse by the lack or incapacity of our educational institutions to educate these basic foundational principles. In a globalised society intercommunication, business, travel, and more require an individual to know the fundamentals of global laws including those of their native nations. At Evolearn, through our EvoMe platform, we took an initiative to ensure that from the age of 3 years old and for a lifelong period these basic principles are taught.
The environmental challenges are also exacerbating and the evidence is in the pain. The concerning element in this is the lack of progress in incorporating the learning, culturing, and standardization of principles that make responsible environmentally aware global citizens. The current education touches only a bit on these, leaving much work to reactionary lobbyists (after disasters occur at most). As Evolearn, through the EvoMe platform, we make sure our learners are activated and taught this fundamental subject required to produce a fit global citizen.
Social contribution is another unattended elephant in the room in our globalised society. The current and future global citizen should be an individual who knows how to contribute to the global society we find ourselves in. This principle, however, is mostly avoided in our formal education system and is only excessively applied to business or non-profit organisations later in the lives of individuals. We believe the principles should start to be instilled in our children as early as the age of 3, hence the EvoMe platform offers lessons on these principles.