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Future connotes

• The time yet to come
• Coming after or following

The word Bright connotes

• Characterized by quickness and ease in learning
• Not made dim or less bright
• Having strong or striking color e.g. bright dress
• Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
• Characterized by happiness or gladness e.g. “bright faces”; “all the world seems bright and gay”
• Likely to turn out well in the future e.g. “had a bright future in publishing”

What is light?

• (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
• Any device serving as a source of illumination (enlightenment)
• Mental understanding as an enlightening experience e.g. “he finally saw the light”; “can you shed light on this problem?”

Who is a Child?
A young person of either sex
Teenager or juvenile
According to Nigerian law, a child is any young person of any sex or race who is less than 18 years of age.

Integrating all of these definitions, one would be convinced that a bright future for every child or any child means the preparation and system put in place for the now in order for these children to live a bright, positive, prosperous, marital, mental and emotional balanced and sustainable life

They are 6 key elements to put in place for every child’s future. They include Education, Relevant Skill Acquisition, Financial Management Skills, Marital, Leadership and Emotional Intelligent skills

Education: The official, formal, four-walled education system is fast fading away to give way to a new online system of not academics but skills. For we to build a bright future for every child, we would need to check out where the world system is moving to and for us to position every child there before the world gets there! What we need to expose every child to is what is known as education.
What is education? Education means a set of instructions, a system of training or the process of edification. It also means a set of instructions, a system of training or the process of edification.
It also means
1. The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
2. The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
3. The gradual process of acquiring knowledge. The four-walled education system is called the academics while the enlightenment that makes for job-skill through instructions and learning is called education.
4. The profession of teaching (especially at a school, college or university). This is the education that is being faded out right under our nose. If we must prepare a bright future for every child, we need to guide them out of the curricular induced education into the appropriate education for them.
5. Education is a preparation for life not for financial wages! That’s the mistake we had made for decades back. What we need now is called Relevant Education.

What is relevant education?
Relevant education refers to the appropriateness of students’ learning opportunities. Relevant education takes into account positive local traditions and institutions, positive cultural practices, belief systems, and the needs of the community. It is like thinking local but acting global!
Since education is about Knowledge acquired by learning and instruction, a lot of instructions and learning are gotten online without going through the regular four-walled educational system. We need to begin to expose every child to this new way and system of education if not, they may end up schooling for 4 to 5 years and would come out find no job relevant to their career pursuit in schools attended and would become stranded in the new emerging world from the globalist.

What are the positive socio-cultural practicces and principles (traditions) you think could be added to training the young ones for a brighter future?

Our ways of greetings
Saving habits (kolo)
Dressing sense, calved works, etc
However, not all traditions are to be adopted.

How to Annex the New Appropriate Education for Every Child in the Future
1. Parents and teachers need to guide every child within his or her contact on how to access online studies.
2. Schools and book authors/printing companies in Nigeria should begin to upload some lessons and books online only to arrest the attention of the students.
3. Key into digital technology in current educational system.
What is digital technology in education? What is it? By digital technology we mean the use of computer and technology assisted strategies to support learning within schools. Approaches in this area vary widely, but generally involve: technology for students, where learners use programs or applications designed for problem solving or open-ended learning right from primary and secondary schools.

What will education be like in 2030?

By 2030, it will be the norm for students to have the flexibility to read, interact and engage in learning activities on-the-go. … Their learning materials will be in the palm of their hands. We will also see them learning via platforms they are accustomed to, such as Twitter and Facebook.8 May 2019
If by now our children are still learning with all text books bought and in broken classes and teachers and students hardly have a tablet or laptop to themselves, how bleak would the future be? This generation should teach the upcoming generation but they are lagging behind.
Think about the type-writer/computer age. Recall how people lost their income and career due to inability to adjust to the computer age.
Only Two Countries in the World Have Yet to Resume Face-to-Face Classes: The Philippines is the only country in Asia, and one of two countries in the world, that has yet to resume physical classes in school. The other country is Venezuela.9 Sep 2021
You see, if we do not start now to prepare every Nigerian Child to arrive the world scene before 2030, we would find them stranded in the world of career and jobs. For that not to be our portion and the portion of every child in our care, we need to sit up, stand right and guide every child into the new wave of educational system that reduces paper work, cramming, read to pass exams only to digital world! Even the career in medicine and engineering will also be affected. By 2030, robots will begin to handle surgeries and complex building edifices successfully. It is already being test-run effectively.
Relevant education will cut off rape by boys, domestic violence by both gender,

Skill Acquisition:

Today, it is discovered that academics without hand-on skills is a waste. Yet in the future, certain skills will not be relevant to fetch money for skilled workers anymore. In this area, we need to prepare every child for only the skills that will be relevant in the future. Vocations like hair-dressing are not really looking s promising as they used to, Because most people have little or no time nowadays to waste, sitting at a salon for hours. Artificial add-ons like wigs have become very popular. Several people are in line with me. So tell, if a child is only sent to learn hairdressing skill involving plaiting of hair only, of what importance would that be to a world of females who hardly will have time to sit and plait hair?
So, children should be guided to learn relevant skills that will endure the global change coming in the future. Wig making is one skill that test of times. The concept of competency implies more than just the acquisition of knowledge and skills; it involves the mobilization of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to meet complex demands. Future-ready students will need both broad and specialized knowledge. Disciplinary knowledge will continue to be important, as the raw material from which new knowledge is developed, together with the capacity to think across the boundaries of disciplines and “connect the dots”.

SKILLS AND CAREER CHOICE
Skills are the perceptible abilities we possess as humans and interests are the direction we lead our abilities to. While making decisions on career choice and degree, you must make conscious efforts to take into consideration, first your skills and interest. Make researches on the degrees centered around both and pursue such degree to have a fulfilled career.
Why A Degree When You Have a Skill?
 A degree adds to your self-worth
 Adds value to your CV
 Enhances your exposure
 Widens your orientation
 Increases your chances of getting influential clients
 Enhances your confidence to communicate
List of some skills that will still be relevant in the future

Phone or Laptop Repairs: You know how much people use phones. Some people may have up to 3 phones. Laptops too, it’s very common with students. If you can learn the skill of phone or laptop repair, you’ll sure make money enough to sustain you.

Amazon Kindle Writing: It’s so pitiable to see young and skilled writers who don’t know about making money on Amazon as a writer. Writers on Amazon can make about $300 monthly as a source of lifetime income. This can also increase as time goes on.

Blogging: If you are a writer, why don’t you have your own blog and be open to opportunity of making some cool cash. Though, the money won’t come over the night. You have to work, but if you are good at it. You’ll make some money.

Digital Photography: Canvass your clients work and make them great designs that will make them want to come back to you and recommend you to people.

Web Design/Online Marketing:
Let not the children learn just about any skill, but the skill that will stand the test of time and technological transformation

Graphic Design: Graphic design is quite lucrative. Acquire this skill, you will be good even without any other job. Graphic designers are good story tellers in images and texts. This service of a graphic designer is needed on a daily basis by novelists, writers, columnists, bloggers, and magazines.

Baking: If you can make efforts to learn how to bake cake, make chin-chin, meat-pie, fish-rolls etc. You can generate a stable income that will sustain you as a student.

Content Development: Content developing can be referred to as authoring or originating content for any medium. Content developer develops content for any medium.

SKILLS IN SCIENCE
1. iOS App Developer/iPhone App Developer
2. Android App Developer
3. Web Developer
4. User Experience Designer
5. Content Marketer
6. Online Advertising Professional
7. IT Support Professional
8. Cybersecurity Professional
9. Data Scientist/Analyst
10. Blockchain Developer

No matter the Ph.d. any child could achieve in science, let us encourage such child to focus on any of these skills. The good thing is these skills can be learn online, not necessarily in the 4 walled classroom.
Alright, lets move forward
Financial Management: Financial Management should not be a principle to discuss with or teach children only in the future. The challenge in Nigeria is that, we allow children to grow into adult before relating personal experience about financial management to them. These children then learn by personal experience after they must have lost their first million on frivolous spending.
What makes a good financial leader?
The most effective leaders have a sophisticated and thorough understanding of their organization’s financial health, and they make decisions grounded in financial realities. Then, they are able to use that information in their communication to demonstrate the strategic connection between money and mission.

Vital Financial Skills to Every Child

• Strategic and analytical skills. …
• Adaptability. …
• Honesty and strong values.
• Strong communication skills
• Assertiveness and Negotiation Skills. …
• Industry-specific knowledge
• Reading Skill
• Saving Habits
• Make Long-Term Investments.

Marriage:
Talking about marriage to our children is not a one-time discussion after your child is engaged or has started dating. Don’t wait until your kids are older! Start talking to them when they are young about the importance of strong, happy marriages.
How to Raise Successful Kids
1. Be A Warm, Responsive And Accepting Parent. …
2. Master and Teach Emotional Regulation. …
3. Let Them Practice Decision Making early in life
4. Challenge Them Just Enough
5. Stop Using Reward And Punishment
6. Kind, Firm and Respectful Discipline
7. Listen to them And Avoid Parenting Myths
8. Set high expectations. …
9. Praise them correctly. …
10. Create family rituals.

Good parenting includes inculcation of good family and marital principles. These children will grow up being mature, temperate and not bullies, rapists, violator etc. This skill is very important to make a bright future for every child
Leadership: Students who are best prepared for the future are change agents. They can have a positive impact on their surroundings, influence the future, understand others’ intentions, actions and feelings, and anticipate the short and long-term consequences of what they do.

Leadership Skills needed include personal development skills

• Creating new value
• Reconciling tensions and dilemmas
• Taking responsibility
• Personal skills and competencies of the future
• Active Learning / Curiosity / Growth-Mindset. …
• Emotional Intelligence (EQ) …
• Leadership Skills. …
• Communication & Coordination. …
• Judgement & Decision-Making Competencies. …
• Creativity, Ideation, and Innovation. …
• Critical Thinking – Reasoning. …
• Complex Problem-Solving.

Lastly we have emotional intelligent skill

Emotional intelligence (otherwise known as emotional quotient or EQ) is the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict. … Social awareness – You have empathy.

The four domains of Emotional Intelligence — self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management — each can help a leader face any crisis with lower levels of stress, less emotional reactivity and fewer unintended consequences.

Emotional Intelligence Skills Leaders Need

• Self-Awareness. Self-awareness is having a clear understanding of your strengths, limitations, emotions, beliefs, and motivations. …
• Self-Regulation. Self-regulation refers to how you manage your emotions, behaviors, and impulses. …
• Empathy
• Motivation
• Social Skills.

Inculcating this skills in every child will help establish a society of peace, unity and violence-free human in the world