Education, the Smart Solution for Developing Smart Cities a Prime Requisite for Development for a Better Tomorrow

Education has been long viewed as an important determinant of economic well-being of any nation. An economy's ability to grow over time, its ability to innovate and rise in productivity and real incomes is strongly tied to the quality of education provided to the vast majority of people in the nation. Skills and intellectual capital are increasingly important in a modern economy and quality education through schools plays a central role in the development of valuable skills. Good quality education is the foundation of new discoveries, new knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship that trigger growth and prosperity of the individual as well as that of a nation.

The smart city concept is a vision shared by major cities as they chart their future course with more services, greater efficiency and a focus on sustainable development and the industry players that are helping them to step up to the challenges of growing urbanisation and ecoawareness.

Smart cities management is a novel concept which as gained recognition due to many factors of economic, social, educational development in a nation. It gave solutions to many problems arise from increase in population, pollution, traffic congestion, unemployment, standard of living decrease etc. Through various variable of Education, a smart city management can be facilitated which is core of the study. Leaders from education and government aspire to improve their institutions outcomes and value to society. They strive to meet rising expectations from students, communities and business with limited and increasingly constrained resources. Nations hold their educational systems accountable for a high level of performance for good reason. Education will be the critical determinant of success for communities in the 21st century just as land is the key to agrarian societies and capital investment was critical to industrial economies.

Education must begin today to build a student-centred industry that develops in each citizen the skills necessary to prosper and thrive in that world of tomorrow. Governments and educational institutions must begin to see themselves as part of a holistic system that anticipates the needs of its citizens by directing investments and resources to embrace the future.