How is human capital different from human development? How can the process of human capital formation be accelerated?
Hint:
Human capital refers to the skills, training, experience, education, knowledge, know-how, and competencies contributed by humans to a business, whereas human development in an economy is decided on the basis of composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita.
Ways to accelerate human capital formation:
- Proper Manpower Planning: A proper manpower planning is a critical requirement to combat the problem of human resource wastage. The planning needs to focus on both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of human capital.
- Proper educational planning: An effective educational planning that promotes human capital formation must be developed.
- It should provide for adequate health services and nutritive food to the existing population of the country.
- Various short term vocational training programmes should be organized by both government and private institutions to develop better skills and human resource.
Originally written on
March 15, 2024
and last modified on
October 27, 2024.