The traditional narrative around exams is toxic, flawed and simply out-dated in the digital age. The obsession with test scores continues to be a huge barrier to innovation in education. This is because it leaves very little bandwidth for schools to focus on the things that actually matter.

As a best-selling author and education expert, Tony Wagner points out in Creating Innovators, “We continue to believe that school is mainly about acquiring content knowledge. We under-emphasise the importance of skills. And of course, with far too many of our standardized tests are multiple choice, factual recall tests and with much more pressure on teachers to get students ready for those tests, they are cutting everything else out of the curriculum. What get’s tested is what get’s taught.” As Wagner points out, because we don’t test the competencies that matter the most, we neglect to teach them.

What we do need is a generation of young people who have an enterprising mindset;

who, in other words, think like an entrepreneur.

Now, what do I mean by enterprising?