Economic development and social sector challenges

The capacity of globalization to have profound impact on the transmission of knowledge on the local and regional levels is often hurdled by age long rigid and deep-rooted culture-influenced knowledge. Beyond occasionally, using computers in classrooms, the teaching methods and national curricula remains largely unchanged. However, there seems to be a common agreement to the need that the fundamental role of educational institutions should not only be to transmit skills needed in the global economy, but also to effect the future of the individuals at the local, regional and national level. The present paper attempts to trace the economic development in context of social sector challenges especially in terms of vocational training.