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:question: Question : Should developing countries concentrate on improving industrial skills or should they promote education first? (question taken from “Free IELTS Writing Topics”; click here to see) :idea: Idea : Developing countries are struggling to develop and advance themselves. Having limited resources, they have to allocate wisely and make the best use of their resources so as to distribute equitable welfare to their people. In doing so, they face a critical question whether they should concentrate on improving industrial skills or promote education first. In my opinion, they should prioritize education. I see that the quality of human resources is the most important factor which determines the future, the competitiveness, and the survival of a country. And the best way to keep the quality of human resources high is education. Fact shows that many countries which succeed in keeping the quality of their human resources high emerge as developed countries though they perhaps have only limited natural resources. They have long invested in education. Well educated, their people are prepared to deal with the vicissitudes of their era and can always find ways to go through difficulties. On the other hand, many countries which rely much on industrialization but don’t pay due attention to the quality of their human resources lag behind in world competition. Believing that rapid industrialization is the fastest way to boost their economic growth and create employment, they give priority to improving industrial skills over education. As a result, they manage to provide labor supplies to their industry but fail to give proper education to their people and thus lower their competitiveness. Therefore, in order to rise from backwardness, developing countries should promote education first because it is the basic tool to increase the quality of their human resources. If they succeed in building their human resources, prosperity and welfare will follow. :)