DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjahss.2024.v12i10.001

Pages: 293-296

This paper sought to highlight and discuss the immediate need to realign education for developments in the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL). Through research that has been covered worldwide, education is one of the most important pillars of any country’s development. It is therefore imperative that the education sector needs to be realigned in line with the developments taking place with the modernization of general business to industrial and technical development for the better benefits and outcomes. This realignment for development will be underpinned by highlights and a discussion from Education 1.0 to the present Education 5.0 as a standard for developments in the institutions of higher learning. Education 5.0 is highly rated in terms of its association with the current business needs and integration with the industrial and technological developments. Institutions of higher learning ought to adopt the use of modern industrial and technological revolution like artificial intelligence, robotics and data analytics as they provide an immersive and interactive learning environment that focuses on student development in society and nation at large. The representative sample consisted of ten (10) participants who were selected from two higher learning institutions in Eswatini. Data generation 2 tools such as in-depth face to face interviews and document analysis were used in this study. A qualitative approach anchored on a philosophy of phenomenology and an interpretivism paradigm was employed to guide the research methodology. Thematic Analysis was used to analyse data. One of the key findings of the study was the failure to know how realigning education for developments in the institutions of higher learning would contribute to the economic development, human capital and social development of Eswatini. Another key finding from the study was that education and businesses are interlinked with each other whereby technology enhanced and improved the quality ...