Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought impact to the education sector and different industries. In the future, some jobs may be replaced by AI. A startup that provides a one-stop education technology platform plans to introduce AI technology by the end of this year to replace real-life admissions counselors and provide early advice on further studies and career planning for primary and secondary school students. As the first school to use the platform, the principal of the Spanish School of Hong Kong, Adriana Chan, said in an exclusive interview with Sing Tao Daily that the platform allows primary six students to explore their future development direction as early as possible. A student has discovered his interest in psychology and has even set up a society in the school to help classmates resolve conflicts.
The one-stop education technology platform, Uni-D, has received support from the Hong Kong Science Park as an incubated enterprise. It began to establish cooperative partnerships with different industries earlier this year, combining education technology with admissions and counseling teams to provide career planning and further studies advice for primary and secondary school students, and support their personal growth, further studies and career exploration.
A students has discovered interest in psychology
The Spanish School of Hong Kong started cooperating with the Platform last year, allowing all 10 sixth graders to use the Platform. Principal Adriana Chan said that the Platform enriched the school's further education resources while saving manpower and material resources. She hopes to provide students with tools to allow them to explore their future further education and development direction as early as possible.
Adriana said that although the students using the Platform are only 11 to 12 years old, more mature and ambitious students will find the Platform inspiring them to explore their future development path. She shared that a student found psychology very interesting when browsing the Platform and was willing to invest a lot of time to explore the field of psychology. In the end, he found that he liked counseling psychology. The school then helped him set up the "Conflict Prevention Club". He helped his classmates resolve conflicts during lunch time and at the same time understood whether he was really interested in psychology.
Adriana also pointed out that the Platform makes students understand that applying to their preferred universities is not just based on grades, and other preparations, such as preparing for interviews, are also important. She encouraged students to enrich their lives and stand out in interviews. "An interview is not just about talking about your interests and strengths, but you need to have real evidence."
Principal: Instill the importance of career planning
In addition to textbook knowledge, Adriana believes that schools have the responsibility to instill in students the importance of career planning. She stressed that students should explore their own interests from an early age and equip themselves as early as possible.
The Uni-D Platform also provides paid "one-on-one" interactive further education guidance, including skills diagnosis, resume writing and interview skills. With the popularization of AI, the Platform plans to introduce AI technology by the end of this year to replace human university counselors. Tina Wu, founder and CEO of Uni-D, told the newspaper that the company will use the power of the artificial intelligence large language model (LLM) and combine the Platform's student data, including students' interests and skills data, to establish an "AI counselor" to interact with students, solve their questions, and provide career planning and further education suggestions.
Tina also encouraged students to plan their careers early. She believes that AI may replace some highly repetitive jobs in the future, but AI also represents opportunities and can bring more efficient changes to various industries. She went on to say that future jobs will focus more on creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. "Maybe there will be no need for accountants who keep accounts in the future," but society will still need financial directors who are analytical or forward-looking.
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