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SKILLED HUMAN RESOURCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
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Every human being wants
to live a quality life. For this, development of a country is essential.
Development means a process of progressive and positive change. Means and
resources are the basic factors needed for the development of any country. They
are two types of resources needed for development. They are:
a) Natural resources:
like hills and mountains, rivers, forests, minerals, etc.
b) Human resources and
means: like skilled human power, training, technology,etc.
as natural resources can
be used well by skilled human power, the most important resources for
development are human resources. They are the ones who utilize the means and
resources of a country, and use their creativity and potentiality to bring
development in the country. So, skilled human resources is very important for
rapid economic development.
The people who are expert
in doing certain task efficiently and contribute to the development of a
country are called the skilled human resources. Doctor, engineer, pilot,
mechanic, etc are some of the examples of skilled human resources.
There will be sustainable
development if all Nepalese exhibit their potentiality, labour and dedication.
Here is a case study to prove how one can change their life by exhibiting their
potentiality, labour and dedication.
A Case Study
For eg: Ram bahadur and
his family live in okhaldhunga. They have to depend on their small land. But
its production is not sufficient for survival to them. His wife started to
attend literacy classes. Now she can treat sick animals. She can tell about
animal diseases and their preventive measures. She sells medicines in the
village. The income she earns from selling medicines helps her in large extent
to look after her family. She is educating her children in school. The incomes
of the villagers are increasing due to the improvement in animal health. The
villagers buy and sell their animals in market fair that takes place in the
village.
Thus, the most important
means of development depends upon human resources who are creative, thoughtful,
skillful and laborious. In order to produce such quality human power, there is
a ned of quality education and training. The types of education and training
depends upon the type of work they prefer to do. For examples, to be a health
worker one needs to have the knowledge of science and mathematics. The
knowledge of English will be an extra advantage to learn computer.
Priorities:
The development of human
resources and means promotes physical development. Basic infrastructures of
development include public health, nutrition, education, and drinking water.
The rate of development will be faster if more skilled human resource is
produced in the country. The following steps should be taken to produce the
skilled human resource:
- Quality education should
be provided to everyone. - Proper training
opportunities should be given to the people according to their interest. - Education system should
be more practical. - Technical education
should be given top priority. - There should the access
of schools and colleges in the rural areas. - More technical
institutions should be established.
There are sufficient
means and resources available for the development of Nepal. We have many rivers
from which we can generate plenty of electricity and irrigate our agricultural
land. Nepal is a country full of natural beauty such as Himalayas, fast flowing
rivers, beautiful valleys, lakes, etc which can help to develop tourism.
Similarly, we have plenty of fertile land which can produce lots of food and
cash crops. Nepal is also rich in medicinal herbs from which various medicines
can be produced. But we are not able to utilize them properly due to lack of
sufficient skilled human resource, effective policy of government and political
instability; that’s why our country is lagging behind.
The latest survey of
human development shows that poverty is decreasing day by day in Nepal. The
reasons for decreasing poverty are as follows:
- Many people from remote
areas are going to overseas for foreign employment and they are sending lots of
remittance. - Service sectors are
developing in private sectors such as private schools, colleges, banks, etc
which are providing job opportunities to the people. - Different donor countries
and agencies has been running poverty eradicating projects in rural areas. - Literacy rate and skilled
human resources are increasing day by day and they are self-employed or getting
jobs in various sectors. At the same time dependency on agriculture is
decreasing.
It is the fact that
development of a country is not possible without skilled human resource. But
skilled human resources produced in our country are leaving for foreign
countries because of the following reasons:
- There are not sufficient
employment opportunity for skilled human resource and those who are having job
not satisfied due to less salary. - Political instability and
government having no clear vision to utilize the existing skilled human
resource. - Lack of practical and job
oriented education system. - Attraction on the
development of foreign countries and attractive salary. - Lack of strong feeling of
nationality.
Although Nepal is
receiving huge amount of foreign currencies from foreign employment but it is
not good to flow the skilled human resource continuously to the foreign
countries in the long run. We must utilize them for the development of our own
country. For this, the following measures should be taken:
- More industries should be
established throughout the country. For this, government should make
encouraging policy. - There should be provision
of providing loan in easy process and in low interest rates. - There should be stable
government having clear vision to utilize the existing skilled human resource. - Strong feeling of
nationality should be spread in the country.
