tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950169.post3309009030362355222..comments2023-07-21T11:27:59.169+02:00Comments on Education & Skills Today: Knowledge and skills are infinite – oil is notCassandra Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02144529034699876259noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950169.post-27577781735104273432012-05-25T10:22:35.173+02:002012-05-25T10:22:35.173+02:00Well Said, Even India needs to improve it's sk...Well Said, Even India needs to improve it's skills and will have to learn new skills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950169.post-87731820578007625092012-05-18T22:06:38.045+02:002012-05-18T22:06:38.045+02:00The premis is correct but there are a range of cul...The premis is correct but there are a range of cultural changes needed for some countries to accept diversification. 25 years ago the UK developed ity's NVQ system of learning through employment and callege based programmes, working towards national standards.<br />This system has been adopted and adapted in around 50 countries globally. In my work as an advisor I have notuiced wide differencies in standards of application even after top government support, in several countries in the Middle East. This shows it's self in many ways but glaringly in the quality control of the programmes. Culturally, companies complain that their individual programmes are better and others say the standards go beyond what they consider necessary.Only Bahrain seems to have gone some way to solving this with their National Institute for industrial training.<br />I just spent 10 days in Libya, where the cry everywhere in government is to develop industrial training. As with other oil states, they have lots of well educated people with degree level qualifications. Beneath that there is a large hole ready to be filled with good quality technical training, but the new government must bring on board their largs oil industry employers if they are to move at the pace needed to keep up with their infrastucture requirements.<br />Phil Hodkinson, Principal Greys College Wigan UKPhil Hodkinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950169.post-89695881840007780062012-03-27T14:36:24.671+02:002012-03-27T14:36:24.671+02:00i agree.
http://www.mw.tv.bri agree.<br /><br />http://www.mw.tv.brReverson Castilhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16176543191077559890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950169.post-32778828952134569442012-03-15T12:30:20.515+01:002012-03-15T12:30:20.515+01:00Natural resources are only a starting point. Some ...Natural resources are only a starting point. Some economies strive past basic exports of raw materials and commodities by aiming at value adding. As an example Sweden moved from exporting timber, iron, and copper to an advanced manufacturer of investment type goods. The dacision to move up in the value chain is not only based on economics but also on politics. If we look at Norway, it has become a major exporter of commodities only recently. If the logic would apply to Norway, it should be sliding back in education.Edvin Granrothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950169.post-37613712075671498362012-03-13T05:21:13.649+01:002012-03-13T05:21:13.649+01:00Also not mentioned is the advantage that will accr...Also not mentioned is the advantage that will accrue to developing nations if they manage to control population growth. No matter how educated and clever we become, food production will inevitably decline eventually as cheap energy sources become depleted. Few understand how much food is produced as a result of using nitrogenous fertilizer, manufactured using a huge amount of energy, at present cheap.Frank Leggehttp://www.scienceof911.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950169.post-14896964400107450812012-03-12T07:48:36.324+01:002012-03-12T07:48:36.324+01:00The argument is disappointing because it seems to ...The argument is disappointing because it seems to mistake a statistical correlation today with a causal argument about history and development. The exceptions that you mention are not the only cases of countries that have escaped the resource curse. Natural resource and other primary exports have been the route to economic development and prosperity for many countries from the 19th century onwards, including Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Commodity exports are not necessarily a curse, even in less developed countries today, as the case of Botswana shows. Lack of development and poor educational outcomes, even in a context of resource dependence, can have many causes, especially historical (such as post-colonialism) and institutional ones. Resource curse is, rather, a consequence of these deeper factors rather than the proximate causation of poor public services and state accountability. Searching for the historical processes of institutional development and maturity would be a better approach than mistaking statistical correlations for causes. And, by the way, Israel is on the brink of becoming a major natural gas exporter.Christopher Lloydnoreply@blogger.com