Economy: Software development and data science top the learning skills required for Egyptian students…

The University Skills Report 2022 revealed the most important jobs that students around the world aspire to obtain and the most important skills they are looking to master. The report also points to key measures that higher education institutions can take to meet the needs of the labor market in various sectors and to increase opportunities According to the Coursera report, Egyptian students are turning To technical jobs in several different fields such as software development, data science and machine learning.

While students’ graduation today requires new skills in the labor market, and new skills – reshaped by the changing world and the crises it has faced – employers on the one hand and students on the other still suffer from a mismatch between the skills that graduates master and those required by the labor market, except The University Skills Report 2022 shows tangible progress in this direction, motivating Egyptian students to obtain jobs in line with the needs of the workforce. Which provides a competitive advantage in a country with the largest number of young people in the region. One in four are unemployed in 2019.

Investing in digital skills is the path that learners take to prepare for high-growth jobs within existing institutions, and these skills allow them to launch their own projects as start-up companies especially in light of the state’s encouragement for this direction, which helps to achieve development at a faster pace. Among the nine highlighted , Egypt has the highest percentage of student volunteers. In software development jobs (22%) after graduation. In addition, 13% of Egyptian students seem to hope to become data scientists, while 7% chose machine learning engineering as their first career choice, No other job occupies more than 5% of the 2,300 Egyptian students.

Anthony Tattersall, Coursera Vice President EMEA, said: “The changing skills map is creating more diversity and the need for different job opportunities, and 149 million new digital jobs are expected to emerge in the world by 2025.”

He added: “The report showed that Egyptian learners are highly motivated through high-growth career paths, and that collaboration between higher education institutions, governments and different industry sectors will help ensure students’ enthusiasm is properly directed towards mastering high-quality skills. It is essential, which will help reduce the skills gap. At the local and regional level.

As the 2022 University Skills Report revealed several points globally, the most important jobs required by learners are: data scientist, data analyst, software engineer, machine learning engineer, and marketer.

Although some learners have made progress towards achieving a basic proficiency score in job-related skills, the majority have not reached the target proficiency required to access and obtain these jobs.

Arts and Humanities students who aspire to become university professors and teachers from K-12, prioritize communication, research, and writing skills.

Business administration students have demonstrated an interest in data analysis and financial analysis equal to their interest in marketing and consulting, and these students are looking to enter computer programming and machine learning programs to develop outstanding capabilities in data processing. ...Engineering students mostly prefer positions of software engineer and data scientist, so they prioritize basic skills such as mathematics, statistical programming and computer programming.

A data scientist job is the preferred job for health science students, so they learn skills in data analysis, data management, and general statistics that can help them in the field of health technology.

Among the most important jobs that social science students choose for are those of researcher, data analyst, and economist. To complement their research skills, they choose skills in statistical programming and business analysis.

By examining 3.8 million learners across 3,600 universities using the free or paid learning system on the Coursera platform, the report measures the competency of university learners in emerging fields and identifies the paths these learners are taking to learn skills and land a job in 10 years. Trend in learners' choice of skills in 9 countries.

In order to prepare the next generation of a talented workforce, higher education institutions are increasingly combining competency-based learning with that required in the recruitment process, using various learning models to deliver high quality, low-cost, versatile and easy-to-manage services. To use learning experiences. For students widely accessible.