TZ APAC’s Colin Miles: Blockchain will be taught in classrooms in 3-5 years

cointelegraph.com:

Colin Miles, the newly-appointed CEO of TZ APAC expects blockchain and web 3.0 curricula to start becoming an integral part of secondary and tertiary education within the next three to five years. 

“I would think it's that classic medium-term, three-to-five timeline,” said Miles.

Miles was speaking to Cointelegraph after the announcement of TZ APAC’s partnership deal with the National University of Singapore (NUS)’s School of Computing on May 10, which will see the Tezos agency supporting the development of the university’s new center for Nurturing Computing Excellence. Miles said:

NUS currently offers an in-depth blockchain curriculum aimed at a range of levels from beginners to CEOs and mid-level managers. Other well-known universities offering courses in blockchain include Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, Oxford University, Cornell University and University of California Berkeley.

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“Overall this trend will become a mainstay, because a large number of exciting new jobs will come from the Web3 environment. It is therefore incumbent on educational institutions to help gear their student cohorts up for this important shift,” he said.

TZ APAC is the Asia-based blockchain adoption entity supporting the Tezos (XTZ) ecosystem. Tezos is an open-source proof-of-stake blockchain launched in 2018 as a platform for smart contracts.

As part of the newly announced partnership, TZ APAC has been tasked with creating a blockchain developer curriculum where students will be able to take part in classes, workshops, developer hackathons and other practicals aimed at educating students about the Tezos blockchain.

TZ APAC will also be supporting the