HRD & Education

The essence of Human Resource Development is education, which plays a significant and remedial role in balancing the socio-economic fabric of the Country. Since citizens of India are its most valuable resource, our billion-strong nation needs the nurture and care in the form of basic education to achieve a better quality of life. This warrants an all-round development of the citizens, which can be achieved by building strong foundations in education.

Education is Human Resource Development (HRD). Although this equation indicates that both sides are equal in function and value, neither education nor HRD effectively embraces the other. Education works as a self-contained system that strives to provide skills and knowledge to youth, while HRD is viewed as a corporate function. However, a strategic blend of HRD and education would enhance the effectiveness of both systems. The end result might well be the development of more effective and efficient workers for the work place of tomorrow.

While the problems of these two systems may at first seem to be dissociate, they begin to intersect as businesses search for potential employees to meet their workforce demands and students prepare to enter the workplace.

Employers continually cry for skilled and knowledgeable workers; however, our educational system is not adequately preparing young people to enter the work force. Intervening early in the HRD process through joint efforts with educators will address the short- and long-term needs of both educators and the world of work.