Education Challenges of Guernsey
Education Challenges of Guernsey

Summary/Abstract: This paper is focusing on the education strategies of an island economy presenting the successful example of Guernsey with outlining the main dimensions of past and future challenges of education. The success of Channel Islands, Guernsey and Jersey comes from their special historical, economic and cultural situation, from the permanent using of external resources and from the continuous connection and adaptation to the main world economic processes. After the World War II both Jersey and Guernsey due to the favorable and calculable economic and political environment, relative independency and friendly tax system have become important financial centers. The maintenance of this favorable situation and international competitiveness is an important challenge and appears the key element of the sustainable future of the island. Although the present labor market situation and the level of the education is favorable, there is a permanent need to develop the human resources of the island to empower the islanders to hold on the market needs and adaptation in the knowledge based economy and society.

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