scholarly journals Human Capital in Azerbaijan: Building Competitive Workforce Capacity for Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-69
Author(s):  
Latif Zeynalli
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Major Effect ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
Progressive Reforms ◽  
Innovation Space ◽  
And Training

Human capital is one of the country’s most significant economic metrics. Today, of course, the advancement of technology, the production of inventions, is a result of the human brain. It, in effect, naturally happens in countries with highly evolved human capital. This paper summarizes the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on the issue priorities of human capital development in Azerbaijan during the industrial revolution. The main purpose of the research is to identify and encourage the improvements in Industry 4.0 in Azerbaijan that would be essential for human capital, as well as to suggest a sustainable workplace outlook for current manufacturing businesses during the modern industrial revolution. The relevance of this scientific problem decision is that given the formation of new mechanisms of development on the eve of the 4th Industrial Revolution, these factors also have an impact on the development of human capital. Because the emergence of new professions during the 4th industrial revolution makes it necessary to form human capital in accordance with these professions. Investigation of the topic in the paper is carried out in the following logical sequence: introducton, literature review, research methodology, empirical findings and conclusions. We used some indicators expressed in the 2008-2017 Global Competitiveness Report of the Azerbaijan World Economic Forum to assess the findings. The object of research is the chosen country is Azerbaijan, because namely here, the development of human capital is one of the main goals of public policy. The paper presents the results of an empirical analysis regression, which showed that regression outcomes show that independent variables can explain 63.2 percent of the heterogeneity in higher education and training in Azerbaijan. Calculations of parameters indicate that any change of 1 percent in the independent variable will increase by 0.341 percent. The results of the study suggest that progressive reforms in Azerbaijan’s higher education and training have had a major effect. To meet the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, spending on human capital must be increased. The results of the research can be useful for in the direction of formation of competitive human capital and creation of modern innovation space in the coming years.

scholarly journals A Policy Agenda for Legal Education and Training and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Case of England and Wales

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andra Le Roux-Kemp
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
And Training

While the full impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution remains uncertain, it is by now generally accepted that highly intelligent technologies and their applications – such as robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, digitialisation, and big Data – will continue to fundamentally transform all aspects of our occupational and personal lives. Yet, in the realm of higher education policy and specifically with regard to non-STEM disciplines like law, thorough-going engagement with this most recent wave of technological development remains lacking. It is the aim of this article to set a policy agenda for legal education and training that is sensitive to the opportunities and potential negative outfall of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (now exacerbated by COVID-19), while also taking into consideration the distinctive nature of legal education and training in England and Wales. Set against the higher education policy landscape of England and Wales, a number of concrete recommendations are made for bringing legal education and training into the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. These include, for example, a call for the radical transformation of the traditional, linear, and monodisciplinary LLB degree, addressing current and projected skills gaps and skills shortages by way of, inter alia, curriculum reform, and working towards greater mobility of law graduates between different legal jurisdictions and also within one jurisdiction but amongst different roles. These changes are necessary as legal education and training in England and Wales currently leave law graduates ill-equipped for the future labour market and do not adequately value and build on the job-tasks that legal professionals uniquely supply.

scholarly journals Characteristics and Development Context of Engineering Universities in Vietnam

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vu Tuan Anh ◽  
Nghiem Xuan Huy ◽  
Le Thi Thuong
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Development Context ◽  
And Training

The OECD (The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) reports show that science and technology play a significant role in socio-economic development. In this trend, education and training in the field of engineering and technology are crucial in forming and developing a labour force for adapting to the increasingly science and technology-powered context. Those countries who are undertaking suitable policies in engineering education and training have obtained remarkable development. In Vietnam, engineering education and training has caught on that trend via the increasing number of engineering universities. However, these higher education institutions would be only successful if receiving adequate attention in terms of development policies and investment. This paper aims at investigating the current status of engineering universities and proposing some recommendations for the development of this higher education section. Keywords Engineering universities; fourth industrial revolution; entrepreneurship education; technology transfer; science and technology development context. References [1] OECD, Science, Technology and Innovation in the New Economy, 9/2000.[2] Thông tư số 14/2010/TT-BGDĐT ngày 27 tháng 4 năm 2010 của Bộ trưởng Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo ban hành Danh mục giáo dục, đào tạo cấp IV trình độ cao đẳng, đại học, có hiệu lực kể từ ngày 12 tháng 6 năm 2010, được sửa đổi, bổ sung bởi Thông tư số 32/2013/TT-BGDĐT ngày 05 tháng 8 năm 2013 của Bộ trưởng Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo, có hiệu lực kể từ ngày 20 tháng 9 năm 2013.[3] Theo Số liệu Thống kê giáo dục đại học của Bộ Giáo dục và đào tạo năm học 2015-2016 tại https://www.moet.gov.vn/thong-ke/Pages/thong-ko-giao-duc-dai-hoc.aspx?ItemID=4041 truy cập ngày 23/10/2017.[4] Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam, Nghị quyết về đổi mới căn bản, toàn diện giáo dục và đào tạo, Nghị quyết số 29-NQ/TW ngày 04/11/2013.[5] Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam, Nghị quyết về phát triển khoa học và công nghệ, Nghị quyết số 20-NQ/TW ngày 31/10/2012.[6] Thông tư số 09/2009/TT-BGDĐT ngày 07/5/2009 của Bộ trưởng Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo quy định về việc các đơn vị đào tạo trong hệ thống giáo dục quốc dân từ cấp mầm non đến giáo dục đại học thực hiện ba công khai trên trang điện tử của đơn vị.[7] Fukazawa Yukichi, Khuyến học, Nhà Xuất bản Trẻ, TP. Hồ Chí Minh, 2004[8] Phạm Tất Dong, Giáo dục và khởi nghiệp, bài viết chuyên đề, Hội khuyến học Việt Nam, 8/2016.[9] Quyết định số 711/QĐ-TTg của Thủ tướng Chính phủ ngày 13/6/2012 về việc phê duyệt "Chiến lược phát triển giáo dục 2011-2020".

scholarly journals KEPUASAN PELAJAR TERHADAP PERKHIDMATAN PENDIDIKAN TEKNIKAL DAN LATIHAN VOKASIONAL (TVET) DI RANGKAIAN UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 410-428
Author(s):  
Mohamad Zuber Abd Majid ◽  
Muhammad Hussin ◽  
Muhammad Helmi Norman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Education Services ◽  
Technical Vocational Education ◽  
And Training

Modal manusia berpengetahuan dan berkemahiran merupakan indikator penggerak kepada perkembangan ekonomi negara. Justeru itu, institusi pendidikan memainkan peranan penting dalam penyediaan perkhidmatan pendidikan untuk melahirkan produk modal manusia seperti mana yang dikehendaki oleh industri. Tujuan kajian dijalankan adalah untuk membuat penilaian perkhidmatan pendidikan dalam kalangan pelajar aliran Pendidikan dan Latihan Teknikal dan Vokasional (TVET) di IPTA dalam aspek penerimaan dan perbandingan kepuasan perkhidmatan pendidikan berdasarkan demografi jantina. Populasi kajian yang dilibatkan seramai 6252 orang pelajar dengan saiz sampel seramai 448 sampel. Kajian ini melibatkan kaedah pensampelan rawak berstrata dengan menggunakan instrumen soal selidik sebagai kaedah pengumpulan data. Kebolehpercayaan instrumen adalah baik pada nilai alfa Cronbach = 0.887 bagi kualiti perkhidmatan institusi pengajian dan nilai alfa Cronbach = 0.918 bagi kualiti perkhidmatan latihan dan amali. Analisis deskriptif yang dilibatkan adalah min, peratusan dan kekerapan manakala analisis inferensi melibatkan pengujian MANOVA sehala. Hasil dapatan menunjukkan tahap kepuasan perkhidmatan pendidikan yang sederhana dan tidak terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan kepuasan perkhidmatan pendidikan berdasarkan demografi jantina. Penemuan kajian jelas menunjukkan bahawa IPTA perlu meningkatkan keberkesanan pelaburan dalam perkhidmatan pendidikan yang ditawarkan dalam usaha mempromosikan pendidikan tinggi di negara ini.   Kata kunci: Jantina, kepuasan perkhidmatan pendidikan, pendidikan tinggi, penilaian, TVET   ABSTRACT A knowledgeable and skilled human capital is a driving indicator of the country's economic development. Hence, educational institutions play an important role in the provision of educational services to produce human capital products as required by industry. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the educational services among Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) university students in terms of acceptance and delivery satisfaction based on gender demographic. The study population involved 6,252 students with a 448 sample size. This study involved random stratified method, and questionnaires were used to collect data. The reliability of the instrument is good as Cronbach's alpha value = 0.887 for the quality of the institution's services and the alpha value of Cronbach = 0.918 for the training and practical service quality. Descriptive analysis involved mean, percentage and frequency while inference analysis involved one-way MANOVA testing. The finding shows that the level of satisfaction of education services is moderate and there is no significant difference in satisfaction of educational services based on gender demographic. The findings clearly show that the universities need to increase the effectiveness of investment in education services offered in the efforts to promote higher education in the country.   Keywords: Assessment, education services satisfaction, gander, higher education, TVET   Cite as: Abd Majid, M. Z., Hussin, M., & Norman, M. H. (2019). Kepuasan pelajar terhadap perkhidmatan pendidikan teknikal dan latihan vokasional (TVET) di rangkaian universiti teknikal Malaysia [Learner satisfaction of service quality in technical vocational education and training (TVET) in Malaysian technical universities]. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 4(2), 410-428. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol4iss2pp410-428

MANAGING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY EFFECTS APPLICATION IN TEACHING AT LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RURAL, MIDLAND AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS MEETING NEEDS FOR EDUCATION INNOVATION IN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4.0

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Thi Le Hang
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Training ◽  
Lower Secondary Schools

The development of ICTs has strongly influenced many different aspects of social life, including education and training. ICTs application and management of ICTs applications has become an indispensable trend and has a profound effect on improving the quality of education and training. The author has analyzed the current state of ICTs application management in teaching in lower secondary schools in rural, midland and mountainous areas from which 6 management solutions for applying information and communication technology in teaching in lower secondary schools in accordance with the school’s practice.

Innovative Techniques and Strategies of Skill Building for Human Resource Development in SMEs, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arti Awasthi
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Skill Building ◽  
And Training

India has gradually evolved as knowledge based economy due to the abundance of capable, flexible and qualified human capital. With the constantly rising influence of globalization, India has immense opportunities to establish its distinctive position in the world. However, there is a need to further develop and empower the human capital to ensure the nations global competitiveness. Despite the empathetic stress laid on education and training in this country, there is still a shortage of skilled manpower to address the mounting needs and demands of the economy. Skill building can be viewed as an instrument to improve the effectiveness and contribution of labor to the overall production. It is as an important ingredient to push the production possibility frontier outward and to take growth rate of the economy to a higher trajectory. This paper focuses on skill development in Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) which contribute nearly 8 percent of the country's GDP, 45 percent of the manufacturing output and 40 percent of the exports. They provide the largest share of employment after agriculture. They are the nurseries for entrepreneurship and innovation. SMEs have been established in almost all-major sectors in the Indian industry. The main assets for any firm, especially small and medium sized enterprises are their human capital. This is even more important in the knowledge based economy, where intangible factors and services are of growing importance. The rapid obsolescence of knowledge is a key factor of the knowledge economy. However, we also know that for a small business it is very difficult to engage staff in education and training in order to update and upgrade their skills within continuous learning approach. Therefore there is a need to innovate new techniques and strategies of skill development to develop human capital in SME's.

scholarly journals Introduction of New Forms of Education in Modern Higher and Vocational Education and Training

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Liudmyla I. Berezovska ◽  
Galyna D. Kondratska ◽  
Anna A. Zarytska ◽  
Kateryna S. Volkova ◽  
Taras M. Matsevko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
National Education ◽  
And Training

This article sets sights on highlighting the effectiveness and efficiency of higher and vocational education and training, as well as exploring ways to address and implement the current reform agenda in the field. The research was conducted on the basis of a generalizing and comparative method, to identify the problems and development of vocational and higher education. Within the framework of the conducted research the current state of vocational and higher education has been characterized; the features of online learning at leading universities and its advantages has been clarified; the prospects of introduction of continuity of education have been studied, for the development of personality abilities, taking into account changes in society in the context of improvement of the system of vocational and higher education caused by the European integration process of education; directions for the development of vocational and higher education as part of the national education system and society in general have been outlined. It is determined, that at the present stage the domestic education system should be improved and transferred to an innovative way of development in accordance with developed countries. In the near future, such modern forms of education as: distance education, dual education, continuing vocational education and others, should be improved and implemented into the educational process.

scholarly journals Integrating International Student Mobility in Work-Based Higher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Graf ◽  
Justin J. W. Powell ◽  
Johann Fortwengel ◽  
Nadine Bernhard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Training System ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Current State ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Incoming Students ◽  
And Training

Dual study programs are hybrid forms of work-based higher education that have expanded very rapidly in Germany—a country traditionally considered a key model in both higher education (HE) and vocational education and training (VET). The continued expansion of these hybrid programs increasingly raises questions if, how, and why they may be internationalized. Although comparative research suggests that this could be challenging due to the uniqueness of the German education and training system, strong forces support internationalization. This study examines the current state and the future prospects of internationalization of such innovative dual study programs by focusing on student mobility, a key dimension of internationalization. We find growing interest in but still relatively little mobility related to dual study programs, whether among German (outgoing) or international (incoming) students. Based on expert interviews and document analysis, we extend existing typologies of student mobility regarding specific features of work-based HE programs. Furthermore, we discuss opportunities—at home and abroad—for increasing student mobility in this rapidly expanding sector.

Road Map of Russian Economy Competitiveness Upgrade

2014 ◽  
pp. 66-74
Author(s):  
A. Alekseev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Market Efficiency ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Technological Readiness ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
Goods Market ◽  
And Training

The article explores the interrelation between the main factors of national economy competitiveness on the basis of logical and correlation analysis of the data on 144 countries presented in The Global Competitiveness Report issued by the World Economic Forum. The analysis of the strength and nature of the relations between the factors gives grounds to assume that institutions, infrastructure, higher education and training are core problems; goods market efficiency, technological readiness are key problems; business sophistication and innovation are resulting problems. The analysis shows that the competitiveness indicators of other BRICS countries which are better than Russian ones, are achieved not due to any remarkable progress in economic policy, but owing to the lack of serious failures typical for Russian economy. For instance, the high level of Russian infrastructure, macroeconomic stability, sizes of home market and some other indicators come to nothing because of extremely low level of Russian institutions, market efficiency, financial market, and business sophistication. As a result, other BRICS countries' progress, which is not so remarkable itself, gives much better cumulative result in comparison with Russian breakthrough, which cannot be accomplished in the environment that is unfavorable for it. With the view of Russian economy competitiveness and innovation upgrade, firstly, it is essential to increase the quality of Russian institutions (the necessity of reforms is indubitable: Russia occupies the 133d place in the world in accordance with the quality of its institutions), to improve the infrastructure, higher education and training. The advancement in solving these problems will facilitate the situation or solve the large part of the problems of goods market efficiency and improve the existing technological readiness. The increasing of the goods market quality and the improvement of technological readiness will, in their turn, upgrade business sophistication and innovations. The proposed approach gives ground to claim that the reforms need to be made in the sequence described above. The upgrade of Russian companies’ business sophistication and their innovation will be to a great extent the result of the solution of the mentioned problems.

scholarly journals Vietnamese Students’ Perception and Loyalty towards an Image of Vocational Education and Training

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-238
Author(s):  
Vi Hoang Dang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Students ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
And Training

Stakeholders’ perceptions towards a career in vocational education and training (VET) in Vietnam negate the country’s industrial development plan. During the last 15 years, the Vietnamese Governments investment in to the sector increased annually. However, parents and their children still pursue the goal of higher education via the mainstream rather than a career path way using the vocational education and training system. Although stereotypical views of vocational students are being challenged, Confucian ideology maintains some influence over stakeholders’ educational decisions leading to the sustained popularity of higher education. This study explores the perceptions of students on the image of and their loyalty towards vocational education and training. A sample of 300 lower secondary school, 300 upper secondary school, and 300 vocational students was drawn from across the Northern and Southern regions of Vietnam. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data and mean analysis conducted to explore the data. The findings indicate that agreement with statements about facilities and equipment, teacher’s ability, curriculum, and soft skills are the clearest indicators of enhanced perceptions about the image of vocational education and training. Encouragement from parents appears most influential to positively affecting lower secondary students’ loyalty. Unexpected was that vocational students had less interesting continuing in vocational education and training compared to lower and upper secondary school students inclination towards a career in VET. First-hand experience seemingly leads to diminished perceptions and loyalty towards vocational education.

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