The Managing Director of Sub-Saharan Africa, Project Management Institute, George Asamani, has said that COVID-19 pandemic increased digital adoption by five years, theAccording to him, this should push tertiary institutions to accelerate digital adoption for increased skill shifts among students. While presenting a paper titled ‘Reimagining higher education in Nigeria’, Asamani said, “By some estimates, the pandemic accelerated digital adoption by five years. “This digitalisation at scale and velocity results in massive skill shifts. That trend is only likely to accelerate further as organisations demand digital skills far beyond the IT function and deep into other areas of the business.”He noted that higher or tertiary education was ripe for disruption. “Overnight, technology automated the traditional lecture and logically supports the argument that anything that can be automated will be disrupted.

Source: Punch April 10, 2023 23:52 UTC