EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN POST-INDEPENDENT ERITREA – AN EXPLANATORY NOTE

Rena, Ravinder (2006): EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN POST-INDEPENDENT ERITREA – AN EXPLANATORY NOTE. Published in: International Journal of Education and Development using Information and commutation Technology(IJEDICT) , Vol. 2, No. 4 (November 2006): pp. 67-81.

Abstract

Education is a lifelong process. Twentieth century has witnessed the miracles of Human Resource Development (HRD) activities reflected through increase in GNP and overall productive activities. The Government of Eritrea offering both formal and informal training programmes at different levels in order to develop the human resources. This prosperity in education is obviously a great thing for Eritrea, and the dream to make Eritrea a technological-oriented and advanced nation would become real, because the cumulative effort done so far in the human development is noteworthy. As Human Resource Development Programmes concentrate much on the category of major raw human resource to be processed into the work force and its role in reconstructing the economy. An attempt is made in this paper to analyse the educational and human resource development after independence. This paper also provides detailed account of technical and vocation education with special reference to skill development programme.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Education, Human Resource, Development, Eritrea, Technical education
• Subjects: A - General Economics and Teaching > A2 - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics > A22 - Undergraduate; A - General Economics and Teaching > A2 - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics > A20 - General; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I23 - Higher Education ; Research Institutions; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I28 - Government Policy; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I22 - Educational Finance ; Financial Aid

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