Also, more Ivy League graduates go into finance roles than graduates of other schools, and employers pay a premium for them, says Peter Cappelli, a professor of management and director of the Center for Human Resources at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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However, with support from international organizations, the government set to restructure the education system by introducing laws such as free and compulsory education for children up to age 16, and increased the budgets for school system expansion, human resources development and adult non-formal education programmes.

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"Some people will find that more interesting than others, and those are the people that you want, " says Peter Cappelli, director of the Center for Human Resources at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

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Courtney explained to me that she was once an elementary school teacher who was now working as a human resources representative for a pharmaceutical company.

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Dr. Cappelli is the George W. Taylor professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources.

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