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School in the age of artificial intelligence: revolutionizing our educational programs (By Pape Modou Fall)

Auteur: Pape Modou FALL

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L'école à l'heure de l'intelligence artificielle : révolutionner nos programmes éducatifs

Imagine: It's 2025. Artificial intelligence instantly translates all languages, generates creative content in seconds, and analyzes millions of data points in real time. Yet our schools teach as if they were in the last century. This dissonance is no longer sustainable.

A frozen institution facing a changing world

Our education systems suffer from absurd rigidity. While the professional world is evolving at breakneck speed, school curricula remain unchanged for years. We are still training young people for declining professions, without preparing them for emerging jobs.

This reality challenges me daily as a computer engineer and e-learning expert. How many students enter the job market with skills that are already obsolete? How much talent is wasted by a system that prioritizes memorization over creativity, and restitution over innovation?

AI: threat or lever of transformation?

When it comes to artificial intelligence, there are two opposing positions: the fear of the unknown or the opportunity to fundamentally rethink education. My choice is clear: the second path.

AI should be seen not as a rival to human intelligence, but as a partner revolutionizing learning. It can:

- Anticipate future skills by analyzing market trends

- Personalize teaching according to the pace of each learner

- Dynamically integrate emerging knowledge into curricula

In the age of AI, learning content remains essential, but the methods and purposes of this learning become decisive.

Four pillars for the school of the future

The necessary educational overhaul is based on four foundations:

1. Meta-cognitive skills

Learning to learn with AI and cultivating adaptability as a major asset.

2. Advanced digital mastery

Go beyond basic tool usage to understand data, master creative programming, and understand cybersecurity—with rigorous ethics.

3. Irreplaceable human skills

Developing empathy, creativity, critical thinking and emotional intelligence: our distinctive advantage over machines.

4. Culture of the scientific approach

Knowing how to validate sources, experiment methodically and think critically in a world saturated with fake news.

The imperative to act

This transformation requires:

- Political courage to overcome resistance

- Educational audacity to reinvent methods

- Close collaboration between teachers, researchers, students, businesses and civil society

Concrete priorities:

- Massively train teachers in new teaching methods

- Guarantee fair access to digital tools

- Adopt agile regulatory frameworks for rapid program updates

Towards an evolving curriculum

Revising curricula in the age of AI isn't just about adding computer science courses. It's about building a living curriculum:

- Scalable and interdisciplinary

- Human-centered

- Transmitting fundamental knowledge while preparing for future challenges

Our goal: to train not executors, but autonomous, critical and adaptable citizens, capable of navigating with discernment in the complexity of the modern world.

Artificial intelligence offers us a historic opportunity to reconcile education with the real needs of society. Will you seize it? The future of our children depends on it.

Pape Modou Fall

Computer Engineer

Holder of an International Master's degree in e-learning

Auteur: Pape Modou FALL
Publié le: Samedi 20 Septembre 2025

Commentaires (6)

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    Darkpinguin il y a 11 heures

    Il faut éviter absolument d'utiliser les IA d'origines américaines comme CHATGPT parce qu'elles ont à la source une base d'informations constituees de la pensée et les récits de l'histoire comme l'occident les voit et les veut. Donc le mieux est d'attirer le corps professoral du danger et de mettre en alternative les applications open sources comme DEEPSEEK d'origine chinoise mais entretenue par toute une communauté internationale.

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    Dunimportequoi il y a 11 heures

    IA dans des abris provisoires.
    On marche sur la tête.

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    Ismaila il y a 10 heures

    On attend de voir!

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    Timmena il y a 7 heures

    Les femmes célibataires vous attendent sur ~~>> Hot21.fun

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    Ladiou il y a 1 heure

    Voilà un vrai rêveur. Pensez à l accès à l'Internet et au coût de la connexion à wouro himadou. Betise

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    Modou il y a 7 minutes

    Ancien Directeur de l'emploi ?

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