It is an important question: Which countries make education a priority?
The focus a nation puts on education from an employment, cultural and even individual identity perspective can tell a lot about a country. To be able to have a learning path available for most citizen to receive more education than their parents can be an indicator of the overall impact and growth a country has experienced over a generation or two.
The world today trades on information. Being able to process and contribute to that process takes education. But, while education has become more important to getting a job, pursuing one’s dreams, or even just being able to participate within a community, the availability of information has drastically increased. If you are lucky enough, or worked hard enough, to have a computer or smart phone connected to the Internet, you have more information available to you within seconds that part generations had in their entire life.
But, what do we do with that information? How have we come to use it as a tool to accomplish our goals? It takes an education.
An education doesn’t just stop when you walk for your diploma, it is an ongoing initiative. One that spans a career, throughout one’s life. Business training is becoming more and more important as well since educated employees doing their jobs more efficiently are more valuable to an organization. That is why social learning management systems (LMSs) have continued their rise in popularity.
But, this is only prevalent where education is valued, and that can be measured by the looking at the nations that make education a priority.
Not all countries have the resources to dedicate to higher (or even primary) education when compared to some of the top developed nations. So, let’s look at a slice of the most developed nations and see how they rank in being the most educated in the infographic below created by http://www.thebestcolleges.org :
What is considered the general definition of education will change very rapidly over the next few years as technology redefines how we educate the next generation and employees (Teaching with Technology). Nations may be able to leap-frog into a new era.
What do you think countries should do to improve on education? Do you feel this should be a top priority? How do this effect the workplace and productivity?
Vice President, Business Development