"One of the key characteristics of the contemporary age is the development of new technologies, production programmes and, connected with these, changes in the social structure of employees and of society as a whole. Today, we have a high level of consensus between researchers, experts and politicians that human resources is the strongest force in technological and economic development. The increasing importance of education is visible and it confirms that there is a direct relationship between the level of development and the level of investment in education. However, the development of human resources is not possible without positive social circumstances and this is particularly important for countries in transition. Social circumstances, new technologies and the process of education have to be parts of a strategy for development across the whole of society; they function within it on the principle of connected vessels. It is a precondition that the concept and practice of 'lifelong learning' must be established. Serbia has a lower level of technology and one of the main obstacles to its faster development is the lower level of education and the discrepancy between the structure of the labour force and the needs of new technologies. The long-term solution is to define and realise a new strategy which will include the democratisation and development of the education system as a flexible, open system based on ethical principles. "

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