Toward a new paradigm for tomorrow's schools and a strategy for the new wave movement

Abstract

Education reform is in full swing at every corner of the world. The rationale for educational reform might be different from country to country, but this seems to be a common awareness among the countries that educational reform constitutes one of the most effective and fundamental strategies in preparing for the 21th century. As we edge closer toward the 21th century, we are faced with not only an epochal change but a structural one as well. In the era of the information society, knowledge and information will be driving forces behind social development. A nations level of creativity in the fields of science and technology and knowledge and culture is the most potent determinant of the fate of a nation. nation's power, wealth and living standards of its people are determined by the breadth and depth of its intellectual assets, which include technology, information, knowledge and culture. A reservoir of the nation's intellectual assets relies on the learning capability and creativity of its people. Education plays the most vital role in developing a nation's intellectual power.