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We all know how fast the world is advancing. This rapid pace of development means our children will graduate into a world that will look nothing like the one we all grew up in. While we used to apply for jobs with paper resumes and learned skills that lasted decades, our children will have to navigate a reality where they’ll be competing with both skilled humans and technology.

We at Delhi Public School Sushant Lok, one of the well-known CBSE schools in Gurugram, understand that the idea of kids competing with machines may sound science fiction, but take a look around and you’ll notice it’s already happening in most workplaces. In the coming years, you’ll see AI writing work emails, robots performing complex surgeries, and entire industries disappearing overnight with new unexpected ones emerging from scratch.

One thing is pretty clear — We cannot stop technology from advancing, nor can we stop its rapid adoption. However, we can definitely prepare our kids with the essential skills for this tech-driven world. Today, by means of this blog post, we will help you understand why it’s the most critical thing that deserves your attention today.

The job market has fundamentally changed forever

There’s no denying that whatever career choice our children are going to make, it will require tech skills and fluency. Technology has already become a survival skill in most professions. We can already see nurses in top hospitals working alongside robotic systems, teachers managing digital classrooms, restaurant servers taking orders on tablets, and much more.

All this indicates how tech fluency is no longer an option. Going forward, our kids won’t just compete with their classmates for jobs; they’ll compete with AI and workers from all around the world who can collaborate digitally. As such, if you want your kids to have more rewarding career options, greater job security, and the flexibility to work from anywhere, you must prepare them to thrive in a tech-driven world.

• Your child’s safety depends on digital awareness

Our children already live in a digital world filled with real threats that we, being a different generation altogether, might not even recognise. It might sound scary and overwhelming, but it’s a reality that tech-enabled social platforms have brought. Hence, we at Delhi Public School Sushant Lok always encourage our students to develop digital awareness to securely navigate these challenges.

Through his blog post, we would like to urge parents to pour in efforts to make their children digitally fluent and aware so they don’t fall victim to online manipulation, addictive content, obvious scams, and other heinous crimes.

• Academic success now requires tech skills

Another reason why you cannot ignore preparing your children for a tech-driven world is that their academic success now depends on it. Since all modern schools have become digital permanently, students are expected to know how to navigate learning management systems, collaborate with classmates and teachers on shared documents, and present their research using digital tools.

This means any student with limited to no digital fluency risks falling behind their peers, regardless of their academic intelligence. This is one of the key reasons why we at Delhi Public School Sushant Lok emphasise equipping our students with all the skills, knowledge, and guidance needed to become comfortable and fluent in technology. We believe it’s rather necessary for them, as without tech fluency, they are more likely to face unnecessary barriers at every educational milestone. 

• Social connections are maintained through technology

Whether you realise it or not, your children’s social life is heavily dependent on technology. They’re probably already a part of friend groups where plans are shared through group chats, experiences are shared on social media, and relationships are maintained through video calls.

If you don’t prepare your kids for a tech-driven world, they may unknowingly become isolated from their friends’ group and other social circles. Children without digital skills risk missing online invitations to gatherings, struggling to maintain friendships that increasingly exist online. In the process, they become outsiders in their own generation.

We at Delhi Public School Sushant Lok believe that, owing to the increasingly tightening interconnectedness of the digital world with the real one, it is more of a necessity to ensure that every child holds the skills in online communication, understands digital etiquette, and is capable of navigating complex social dynamics of online spaces to maintain healthy peer relationships.

Conclusion

Preparing children for a tech-driven world is no longer an option but rather an imperative. And no, it isn’t about giving them an advantage; it’s more about saving them from serious disadvantages that might otherwise compound over time.

In today’s world, everything from education to socialisation, communication to work, has been digitised due to advanced technology. As such, if your kids aren’t well-prepared to navigate and thrive in a tech-driven world, they’re more likely to be left behind in every area of their life.

We at Delhi Public School Sushant Lok, one of the highly trusted top school in Gurugram, very well understand this and are thus taking all the steps to ensure all our students are digitally proficient. However, we firmly believe that your role, as parents, is equally critical in preparing children for this world. We would hence like to urge all of our respected parents to kindly ensure you explore age-appropriate ways to support your child’s digital journey. If you need any assistance, please feel free to get in touch with our counsellors at school, who will provide you with expert guidance in this regard.