{"id":21577,"date":"2026-10-22T14:29:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thankyoubharat.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/22\/gen-z-doesnt-have-an-attention-problem-education-has-a-relevance-problem-says-educator-dr-amol-gawande\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:59:33","slug":"gen-z-doesnt-have-an-attention-problem-education-has-a-relevance-problem-says-educator-dr-amol-gawande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thankyoubharat.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/22\/gen-z-doesnt-have-an-attention-problem-education-has-a-relevance-problem-says-educator-dr-amol-gawande\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Z doesn\u2019t have an attention problem, education has a relevance problem, says educator Dr. Amol Gawande"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Founder & Director of Brookstone Institute of Global Studies calls for faster feedback, real-world projects and AI-aware assessment in Indian higher education<\/em><\/p>\n

New Delhi [India], October 21:<\/strong> Indian colleges need to rethink how they teach and assess Gen Z students, rather than blaming short attention spans. That is the view of Dr. Amol Gawande, Founder & Director of Brookstone Institute of Global Studies, Dubai, and a former Executive Board Member of the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS).<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Students can\u2019t focus\u2019 is the easiest explanation, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s true,\u201d said Dr. Gawande. \u201cThe same student who drifts through a lecture will stay late to finish a live project. Gen Z notices very quickly when time is being spent without a clear return. That\u2019s a design problem, not a discipline problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gen Z, the generation now filling Indian colleges and entering the workforce, grew up with information available within seconds. According to Dr. Gawande, this changes what students need from education.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the answer to most factual questions is a few seconds away, the answer is no longer what\u2019s scarce,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat\u2019s scarce is knowing which question to ask, whether a source can be trusted, and what to do once you know. That is what education must now build.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pressure is also coming from the job market. The World Economic Forum\u2019s Future of Jobs Report 2025<\/em> found that employers expect close to two-fifths of workers\u2019 core skills to change by 2030.<\/p>\n

\u201cA degree that certifies a fixed body of knowledge can\u2019t keep pace with that on its own,\u201d said Dr. Gawande. \u201cAn education that builds the capacity to keep learning can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Gawande outlined three changes he believes institutions can make immediately:<\/p>\n

Faster feedback.<\/strong> \u201cWaiting until the end-of-term exam to find out how you\u2019re doing feels very slow to a generation used to instant responses. Short cycles of attempt, feedback and improvement keep students engaged and learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visible purpose.<\/strong> \u201cEvery module should answer \u2018why does this matter, and where will I use it?\u2019 in the first week, not the last. Give students a real problem and some ownership of the outcome, and engagement follows.\u201d<\/p>\n

AI-aware assessment.<\/strong> \u201cAI can now complete many traditional assignments. Banning it doesn\u2019t work, and ignoring it means we end up grading the tool. We should teach students to use AI openly, and assess the judgement around it: the questions they ask, what they choose to trust, and the decisions they can defend.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the measure of an institution\u2019s success should also change. \u201cToo often we ask, \u2018Did we finish the syllabus?\u2019 The better question is, \u2018What can our students actually do when they leave, and how do we know?\u2019 That question should guide how courses are designed, taught and assessed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Gawande also believes Gen Z should be prepared to create opportunities, not only to compete for them. \u201cNot every student will start a company,\u201d he said. \u201cBut every student should learn to think like someone who could: spot a problem, test a solution cheaply, and learn from what doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Gawande began his career in India\u2019s securities markets before moving into management education and academic leadership in Pune, and later founded Brookstone Institute of Global Studies in Dubai. He has 30 publications, including research on accreditation quality in Indian higher education and on the early detection of mental-health concerns among college students.<\/p>\n

About Brookstone Institute of Global Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brookstone Institute of Global Studies is a KHDA-approved professional training institute in Dubai, focused on practical learning, global exposure and industry-integrated programmes. www.brookstone.ae<\/p>\n

Learn more about Dr. Amol Gawande at www.dramolgawande.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Founder & Director of Brookstone Institute of Global Studies calls for faster feedback, real-world projects and AI-aware assessment in Indian higher education New Delhi [India], October 21: Indian colleges need to rethink how they teach and assess Gen Z students, rather than blaming short attention spans. That is the view of Dr. Amol Gawande,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-21577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thankyoubharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thankyoubharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thankyoubharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thankyoubharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thankyoubharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thankyoubharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thankyoubharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thankyoubharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thankyoubharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thankyoubharat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}