Global Scans · Education · Weekly Summary

WHAT'S NEXT?: Education will increasingly be online, just-in-time and competence-based. VR will become more mainstream in education technology. The vision of easily accessible learning will be enormously powerful and widespread in a few years. The global artificial intelligence market in the education sector will grow exponentially and post an impressive CAGR of over 39% by 2020.

• [New] While traditional English-speaking destinations face policy-driven declines, Europe and East Asia are emerging as new education hubs, driven by affordability, work opportunities, and favourable policies. Ekam IAS Academy
• [New] High-quality professional learning is necessary to unlock the immense potential of AI and technology resources as levers for transformative teaching and learning. Leadership, Technology, Innovation, Learning | SETDA
• [New] By 2025, two-thirds of U.S. jobs will require education beyond high school. The Times Of India
• [New] Artificial intelligence could raise ASEAN GDP by 10-18 percent by 2030, but 164 million workers will face disruption through automation and augmentation, demanding continuous, skills-based learning. The Asia Cable
• [New] Skills-based education is about creating opportunities, raising aspirations, and showing learners that their craft can open doors to global success. The Leader
• [New] Remote education job growth exceeded 20% in Q2 2025, making education one of the fastest-growing sectors for remote opportunities. The Interview Guys
• Machines may surpass human performance in all economically valuable tasks by around 2047, contingent on advances in compute efficiency, algorithmic breakthroughs, and autonomous learning. AIMultiple
• From Switzerland's Crypto Valley to Seoul's policy committees, regulators and developers are converging on one conclusion: Blockchain's future will depend less on code than on the systems of trust, incentives and education behind it. the korea herald
• Numerous Indian startups are leveraging AI across sectors such as healthcare, fintech, education, and enterprise automation-areas where OpenAI's advanced models can catalyze disruptive change. Startup Story
• Investments are rising: 44% of schools had AI initiatives by 2022, and corporate e-learning is forecasted to reach $334.9 billion by 2030. G2
• Google plans to spend $1 billion on AI education and job training, offering free access to its Gemini for Education tools for U.S. high schools. -
• 2025 will establish genuinely autonomous agents capable of complex planning, multi-step execution and continuous learning as mainstream capability versus experimental. Technova Partners
• Artificial intelligence will transform work worldwide, for example, and that shift should be incorporated into higher education curriculum and degrees. The Conversation
• Despite the extraordinary progress, a key factor preventing an immediate 2026-2029 singularity is the remaining challenge of achieving true Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which requires fundamental architectural breakthroughs beyond current deep learning paradigms. Educational Technology and Change Journal
• Inclusive education is a central trend shaping schools in 2025, aiming to provide equitable learning opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds, abilities, and socioeconomic circumstances. St. David's Care Home
• As part of Databricks Free Edition, a global data and AI education programme aimed at closing the industry-wide talent gap, more than $10 million will be invested in the UK and Europe to provide free access to the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Blocks and Files
• Colorado will focus its funds on expanding pre-apprenticeships and tying apprenticeships more closely to technical education and college programs. Alabama Daily News
• As part of the new wave of Saudi science communicators, Alahmadi represents the next phase of Vision 2030's knowledge economy, where education and innovation converge to build cultural and intellectual self-reliance. ArabNews

Last updated: 12 November 2025