DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 13 -- THE ambition to build a competitive economy by 2050 will depend partly on whether its education system can prepare students for jobs increasingly transformed by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The challenge is no longer whether AI will change education and employment, but whether learners are acquiring the skills needed to thrive in this changing environment.

Although access to digital technology is expanding, more effort is needed to ensure students, regardless of their educational background or location, can learn, work and innovate effectively in an AI-driven economy.

Traditional education often rewards memorisation, examination performance and the ability to reproduce information. AI is changing this model....