Education and development: A global perspective

Education and development are not two different things but merely two of the coin. It is observed that education should lead to development and development should create the motivation for more education as well as provide tools for it. Education influences and in turn is influenced by access to other needs-adequate nutrition, safe drinking water, health services and shelter. It prepares and trains skilled worked at all levels to manage capital, technology, services and administration in every sector of the economy. In order to be more productive and to contribute to society, students will need to understand what they learn deeply enough to use it to solve the complex problems they will encounter in the real world. They will also need to be able to use technology, manage information, communicate effectively, think critically, work well in teams and produce new intellectual and creative works that have value to others. Perhaps most importantly, they will need the skills to continuously learn and create new knowledge throughout their lives. These are the skills that students will need in the 21st century.