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Chapter 13

Education, Knowledge and Human Resource Development

The real wealth of a country is the knowledge of its people

Contents

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The real wealth of the country

What is the wealth of a country? There may be many answers to this question. Some say natural resources. Some say technology.

Some say economics. Some call it military might. But in my view, the greatest wealth of a country is none of these: its human resources. The foundation of that human resource is education.

Education is not just a path to a degree. It is the power that creates the way a person sees the world. A good education does not only create employment.

Creates accountability: not just salary hikes. Elevates thinking. It does not just develop a man's talent. It will also develop his character.

This is what I believe in education.

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A liberating education

Today the world is changing rapidly. Technology is changing. Industries change. Jobs change. But only one thing should not change, but a learning mindset.

The people who will succeed the most in the future are not the ones who know the most, but continuous learners.

That is why I believe that education is not a process for the first twenty years of life, but a journey that lasts a lifetime. Knowledge that ends up in a book may become obsolete tomorrow. But learning habits never get old.

From my point of view, the success of a school is not about how many students score high in exams. It depends on how many of those students have grown up to be good people.

A university's pride is not in how many degrees it awards. It's in how many innovators it creates. It's in how many entrepreneurs it creates.

How many social change leaders it has produced. The education I dream of is not an education of rote learning. Education that teaches thinking. Education is not just about giving answers.

Education that raises the right questions. Education is not just about competition, but an education that emphasizes the value of cooperation. Education is not about finding a job. Education that teaches job creation.

This is the future of education.

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Lifelong learning and human resources

That is why education should occupy an important place in every effort to develop SOZHAA. It shouldn't just be in the classroom; this must be in technology.

Must be in entrepreneurship and to be in social progress. A must have in every human's daily life. If you want to change a country, you have to change its education.

If you want to change a generation, you have to change its thinking. Education is the power to change that thinking.

In my dream, every child should get quality education. Every young person should have access to world-class skills. Every woman should have access to the knowledge that creates economic independence.

Every entrepreneur should have an environment to continuously learn. Then, a country's human resources become the world's greatest competitive advantage.

What I want to build in the future is not buildings. People who learn. What I want to leave behind is,

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SOZHAA's Human Resource Philosophy

It was not assets and knowledge. What I want to create is not just jobs, but thinking Generations. Because the real wealth of a country is not in its gold mines.

It is in the thinking of men. The greatest force that fosters that thinking is education.

That is my hope. That is SOZHAA GROUP's Human Resource Philosophy. That is my investment for the future world.