AI is already changing the rules. It’s disrupting the entire pathway that creates skilled professionals.

Memorisation is losing value.

Application is becoming everything. So if education still rewards exams over real-world capability — are we preparing students for the wrong future?

Maybe fixing the broken ladder starts with redesigning education itself.

In this week’s EdgeUP, we explore why universities may need to shift from knowledge-based learning to experience-based learning - and what Malaysia

can learn from countries already doing it differently.