translated from Spanish: Debate challenges of education

City and Mexico.-With the assistance of 24 rectors and representatives of public and private universities of various entities took place the national meeting “Our future shared: values and visions for education”. According to a statement by Santander Universia, the objective of the event was to analyze the role of the University in the future, to build a shared vision of the future of education and to define goals and joint projects. Enrique Graue, Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), said that in the face of an uncertain labor market it is necessary to reflect on how they are preparing students to face a new reality and what they want from higher education, According to studies of the World Economic Forum, by the year 2022, 42 percent of the work will be done through computers, artificial intelligence and algorithms. ” The vertiginous changes and transformations that are recorded in the country and the world make it necessary to discuss the mission and vision of the institutions of higher education, “he said.

Today I participated in the national meeting “Our future shared: values and visions for education”, to analyze the role of the University in the future, to build a shared vision of the future of education defining goals and projects https://t.co/xtoTFDHINq pic.twitter.com/WBm6MrSbLK — Enrique Fernandez F. (@efdezfassnacht)
May 9, 2019

For his part, Salvador Alva, President of Tecnologico de Monterrey, commented that universities are one of the main factors for a country to attract the best talent and impulse research.

“We are very pleased to start this historic process of reflection and collaboration that will undoubtedly have a strong impact on Mexico’s progress in its path to a knowledge economy,” he said. It is urgent that, as a country, we promote innovation and the development of talent, which have been key to the advancement of the more developed countries. We, as universities, can make better and greater contributions by working together for the benefit of our society. ” Meanwhile, Marcos Martínez Gavica, president of the Board of Directors of Universia and President of the Council of Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico, said that for Banco Santander This meeting is a very significant event.

Today I participated in the meeting of @UniversiaMex: “Our shared future: values and visions for education”. It is a pleasure to share with university rectors and authorities, goals and projects for higher education. pic.twitter.com/bPcEfTs6gC — Ricardo Villanueva (@rvillanueval)
May 8, 2019

“For more than 15 years we have a close relationship with the public and private universities of the country, serving as facilitators of the ideas and actions of the institutions that are part of Universia, our university collaboration network.” Among those attending the workshop were the Executive Secretary general of the National Association of Universities and Institutions of higher education (ANUIES), Jaime Valls Alponda; The President of the School of Mexico, Silvia Elena Giorguli Saucedo; The rector general of the University of Guadalajara, Ricardo Villanueva Lomelí; The Director general of the National Technological of Mexico, Enrique Fernández Fassnacht; And the rectors of the autonomous universities of Sinaloa and Yucatán, Juan Eulogio Guerra and José de Jesús Williams, respectively. The rectors explored some of the great forces that will impact Mexico and the role of higher education in the country in the face of 2030, in addition, explored projects and actions that can place Mexican universities on the path to that future.

The meeting was convened by UNAM, Tec de Monterrey and Banco Santander; The agreements will be compiled to be submitted later.

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