QS World Future Skills Index 2025

Source: IE

Context: India has ranked 25th overall in the QS World Future Skills Index 2025, with a standout performance in the “Future of Work” category, where it ranked second globally, just behind the United States.

About QS World Future Skills Index:

• What it is: A global ranking system that evaluates countries’ readiness to meet evolving job market demands through skill development, education, and economic transformation.

• Released by: London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), known for its education and skills-related rankings.

• Aim: To assess how well countries are preparing their workforce for future skills such as digital competencies, AI, green technologies, and sustainability.

• India’s Rank: 25th overall globally. 2nd in the “Future of Work” category, showcasing high preparedness for tech-driven roles.

• 25th overall globally.

• 2nd in the “Future of Work” category, showcasing high preparedness for tech-driven roles.

• Key criteria in the QS Future Skills Index:

• Skills Fit: Measures how aligned graduates’ skills are with current employer demands.

• Academic Readiness: Assesses higher education systems’ ability to prepare students for evolving job markets.

• Future of Work: Evaluates preparedness for roles requiring future-focused skills like AI, digital, and green technologies.

• Economic Transformation: Analyzes capacity for sustainable growth, innovation, and workforce efficiency.

Key insights from the report:

• Strengths: High readiness in integrating AI and attracting venture capital. Robust youth population and dynamic startup culture, positioning India as a key contender globally.

• High readiness in integrating AI and attracting venture capital.

• Robust youth population and dynamic startup culture, positioning India as a key contender globally.

• Weaknesses: Poor scores in sustainability-oriented innovation and higher education alignment. Gaps in fostering creativity, problem-solving, and entrepreneurial thinking.

• Poor scores in sustainability-oriented innovation and higher education alignment.

• Gaps in fostering creativity, problem-solving, and entrepreneurial thinking.

• Opportunities: Leveraging the National Education Policy 2020 to address skill gaps and align curricula with industry demands. Expanding collaborations between academia and industry to foster innovation.

• Leveraging the National Education Policy 2020 to address skill gaps and align curricula with industry demands.

• Expanding collaborations between academia and industry to foster innovation.

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