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Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:41 pm on 23 May 2018.

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Photo of Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Asghar Conservative 1:41, 23 May 2018

It is 55 years since the then Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, warned that, if the country was to prosper, a new Britain would need to be forged in the white heat of a scientific revolution. That was Mr Wilson. Today, technological changes are so fast that skills are changing faster than formal educators can keep up with them. By the time a curriculum is crafted and approved by the various bodies and students finally graduate, their digital skills may not have kept pace with the technology. How will the Minister ensure that the educational institutions in Wales keep up with the pace of change in this world?