Country: Negara Brunei Darussalam             
Title:    Fifth National Development Plan 1986-1990
Institution:       Economic Planning Unit, Ministry of Finance
Descriptors:       Human resource development.  
Full text: D. Human Resources Development

       Education System

     61. At present, institutes of higher learning in Brunei
  Darussalam could only cater for a limited number and types of
  academic and technical courses. The provision for higher education
  has been, until this year, highly dependent on overseas higher
  institutions. Figures (in Appendix 9) show that Brunei Darussalam
  students are mostly concentrated in universities and colleges in
  the United Kingdom. For the period 1980-1984, about 350 graduates
  completed their degree courses from universities in the United
  Kingdom and over 800 their Diploma courses. Types of courses
  undertaken by students ranged from Arts to Science and technical
  related subjects.

     62. The development of human resources is recognized to play a
  crucial role in the economic and social development of a country.
  Effective management and utilization of local manpower are the
  necessary conditions for the achievement of the development target
  in the next five years. The Teachers' Training College has already
  been upgraded to an Institute of Education and the Vocational and
  Technical Training Centre to a Technical College. The establishment
  of the Brunei Institute of Technology is at the design stage whilst
  University of Brunei Darussalam, catering for various subjects and
  providing greater facilities and incentives for higher education
  and acceleration of the required manpower development, will be
  established towards the end of 1985.

     63. While the major responsibility in providing basic education
  and skills lies with the government, the development of skills in
  employment is largely expected to come from the respective
  employers. Towards achieving this objective, a more comprehensive
  National Training Scheme will be evolved. This scheme will involve
  the government and employers working together to train the
  available manpower to work in the fields of commerce and industry
  at skilled levels covering the spectrum from artisan, junior
  technician and advanced craftsman, to sub-professional.

     64. In the public sector, for greater effectiveness and
  productivity, in addition to sending officers on overseas courses,
  specialized training courses could also be introduced locally. The
  scheme could further be enlarged to include secondment of public
  officials in the private sector so as to foster better
  understanding between the two sectors. Government officers would
  continue to be sent for overseas training to acquire technological
  know-how while at the same time systematic on-the-job training
  programmes for officers would also be carried out domestically.