Children today could work until they are 100, predicts futurologist

Expert tells headteachers that pupils could go on to have 40 jobs and the education system must adapt to the changing world

Children today could end up working to the age of 100 in as many as 40 different jobs, a futurologist has predicted.

Rohit Talwar, who helps businesses look at what the world might look like in five to 50 years, told headteachers that the education system was behind with how fast the world was changing and that they must prepare students now for the world of the future.