HP Futures Report 2024

Closing Global Learning Gaps

Countries around the world should boost education investment despite economic challenges and build curricula for the 21st century. These are among the central findings of the landmark new HP Futures report.

The HP Futures initiative, developed by global technology leader HP in partnership with the Global Learning Council and T4 Education, convened more than 100 education and policymaking experts including former heads of state, education ministers, academics, educators, and leaders from NGOs and businesses, from around the world, to develop a set of practical recommendations to close learning gaps.

It sought to address the fact that even before COVID, the world was on course to miss Sustainable Development Goal 4 of universal quality education by 2030, with the pandemic only escalating the global education crisis. Meanwhile, the rapid rise of Generative AI and automation will soon render many existing jobs obsolete, yet curricula continue to educate for a 20th-century economy.

Key Findings for Governments:

Boost education investment despite economic challenges – with data showing that every $1 spent on education in a downturn creates $1.66 in economic output, with even greater effects during recessions.
Overhaul and redesign education systems to create schools and curricula fit for tomorrow.
Deliver early years interventions to help young people in less advantaged communities build Knowledge Economy / AI-proof skills from an early age.
Deliver on existing commitments to a baseline in education, including offering universal Pre-K and ensuring girls’ transition to secondary education.
Develop national assessment and data collection systems, because this is the most cost-effective investment in education today.
Subsidise EdTech tools that help pupils attain foundational literacy and numeracy, including ensuring access to language-learning apps for all pupils.
Invest in wide-ranging teacher upskilling initiatives, including those combatting low digital fluency among teachers, allowing educators to adapt to an EdTech and AI-empowered teaching era.

“The time for change is now. The decisions policymakers and business leaders take in the coming years will shape the education, lives and economies of tomorrow.”

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This HP Futures Council will:

Explore how EdTech companies can best collaborate with teachers around the globe.
Look at the most effective cases of EdTech development and deployment around the world.
Analyze regulators’ EdTech policies, and examine what needs to improve.
Consider new ways in which EdTech can be harnessed by teachers to improve outcomes.