WEF founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab. [Photo/businessdaily]A new assessment on human capita states that Kenya performs poorly in development of future skills and know-how, throwing a huge challenge on policy making to the government.According to the report, Kenya is ranked 78 out of 130 countries surveyed, with an overall score of 59.48.The World Economic Forum (WEF) Human Capital Report 2017 says the country is doing relatively well in deployment but paints a worrying picture for a nation that aspires to become a tech hub in Africa.In the development of future skills and know-how, Kenya is ranked 101. The report places the country at position 74 in use of specialized skills at work.The report which was released on Wednesday looks at 130 countries against four key areas of human capital development. These are, capacity: largely determined by past investment in formal education.Deployment: the application and accumulation of skills through work. Development: the formal education of the next generation workforce and continued up-skilling and reskilling of existing workers. And know-how: the breadth and depth of specialized skills-use at work.WEF founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab said“The fourth industrial revolution does not just disrupt employment, it creates a shortfall of newly required skills. Therefore, we are facing a global talent crisis. We need a new mindset and a true revolution to adapt our educational systems to the education needed for the future workforce”.

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