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Vzdelávanie v kontexte technologického rozvoja
Education in the Context of Technology Development

Author(s): Antonín Klas
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Ekonomický ústav SAV a Prognostický ústav SAV
Keywords: education; qualification intensity; technology intensity; educational expenses; globalisation of education

Summary/Abstract: The article summarizes results of the research performed in the field of edu-cational level of population in the context of technology development. The analy-sis is based on data of the latest population census from 2001. The educational level of population is investigated from the view of educational degrees (pri-mary, secondary, non-tertiary and tertiary), as well as from the regional view. The results are compared with the EU countries. The analysis is focused also on dependence between education and the technological level of manufacturing industry and its comparison with the EU and V4 countries. Attention is drawn also to the educational expenses according to the individual degrees and the results are compared with those in the EU countries. The concluding part deals with the latest trends in education typical for the global society.

  • Issue Year: 53/2005
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 955-971
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Slovak