2.4 Goal 4: Human Resources & Social Development for a 21st Century Society Goal 4 is concerned to raise the overall capacity of Myanmar’s people through education. Those businesses that adopt e-commerce require the ability to use and, in some cases, develop information technology. Business owners and managers require ability to understand the opportunities that information technology can bring to their businesses, and sufficient understanding to be able to procure technical development, implementation and support services. Such ability is not necessarily widely available in Myanmar amongst business owners and managers. Hence, there is a requirement for professional development incorporating business skills, e-commerce specific skills, and more general information technology management skills. Many staff in e-commerce businesses will need to have the ability to use information technology including the many applications that are used in e-commerce. They will also need general purpose e-commerce usage skills. Mature staff will need training courses to develop skills. E-commerce businesses will also need highly competent technical staff to undertake information technology development, implementation and support. This competence will generally be achieved through college and university courses, particularly in technical and vocational courses. Finally, all school children will be growing up in an environment where e-commerce, and e-payment services together with many other digital economy applications and services. They will need schoolbased education and training to cope with this digital world. The particular sub-strategies that should include an e-commerce focus include those in Strategy 4.1: Improve equitable access to high quality lifelong educational opportunities, in particular:  Sub-strategy 4.1.1: Develop a comprehensive national curriculum which will provide our youth with 21st century skillsets to enable them to serve the nation as drivers of a competitive, innovative and creative economy  Sub-strategy 4.1.5: Develop comprehensive 21st century-ready TVET curricula that meets current and future private sector needs  More learners access TVET and graduate from quality assured and labour market responsive TVET programmes under a more effective TVET management system  Sub-strategy 4.1.6: Enable greater access to TVET for target and underrepresented groups, including disadvantaged population groups and people living with disabilities 61