Human resource, among other elements, is the major asset in the Eritrean context. The existence of young generation, armed with relevant education and up-to-date information is a blessing for a country. That is, therefore, the reason why the government of Eritrea has been exerting much of its resources towards the provision of basic educational services. The existence of schools in the remote areas of the country, establishment of colleges and vocational centers in the cities and towns clearly demonstrates this.

According to the 2002/2003 educational policy of the government of Eritrea, the number of higher educational institutions was increased to create opportunities for the majority of students; to diversify the field of studies so that a variety of experts and professionals who can operate in different sectors would be produced. Besides, it is assumed that the expansion of such higher institutions signifies the intention to achieve a balanced and proportional distribution of educational institutes and vocational centers over the country.

Seven institutes of higher education namely, Eritrea Institute of Technology (Mai Nefhi), College of Agriculture (Hamelmalo), the College of Arts and Social Sciences (Adi-Keyih), College of Business and Economics (Halhale), Colleges of Health Sciences and Orota School of Medicine (Asmara) and the College of Marine Technology (Massawa) are established to realize the policies of equal distribution of higher institutes of education.

As per the 2007/2008 academic year, these colleges have 40 departments with degree program and 37 departments with diploma courses that are enrolling about 10,000 students. Vocational centers such as the National Center of Vocational Training (Sawa) and other technical schools like Wina, Mai Habar, Asmara, and Dembosko also suffice a mention.

These days, all the institutes have begun to provide the market with the required man power, filling the vacancy of experts in different aspects of the nation-building campaign.

In 2003/2004, thousands of students joined Eritrea Institute of Technology, some of whom were sent to the other colleges as per their choices. Recently, it has been common to see people, traveling here and there to celebrate the graduations of their family members and friends. And October is designated by many people as a month of multiple educational harvests through out the country. On October 4, 2008 the campus of the University of Asmara hosted the graduation ceremony of about 528 students from the College of Business and Economics and the College of Health Sciences. The graduates of the College of Business and Economics are expected to play a crucial role in the financial institutions and economic aspects of our country. The graduates of the College of Health Sciences will also have an invaluable contribution in the health sector.

The Hamelmalo College of Agriculture also conducted a graduation ceremony on 11 October, 2008, supplying about 473 agricultural professionals to the country. The majority of the Eritrean population lives on agriculture and, hence, there is a need for Agro-experts. Therefore, the graduates will be of paramount importance in the agricultural sector by serving as agricultural engineers, animal and plant experts, agricultural scientists, who will make experiments to produce drought resistant seeds by scientific researches such as genetic modification.

The College of Marine Technology and Eritrea Institute of Technology are going to conduct their graduation ceremonies on October 25 and November 1, 2008 respectively. The graduates of marine sciences will have a significant contribution in the exploration of the sea related activities, scientific utilization of our resources (varieties of fish, sea plants and precious minerals…) in the Red Sea.

Further more, Eritrea Institute of Technology (Mai Nefhi), which currently encompasses the College of Education, college of Science, College of Engineering, and temporarily, the College of Arts and Social Sciences, is going to host a momentous graduation ceremony in the first day of the coming month. About 700 students from different departments are going to graduate. These graduates will also be a force in the development of Information Technology in Eritrea, since some of them are students of computer engineering, computer science, computer technology and other related fields. The rest of them are to be recruited in the educational sectors and other areas of public interests such as the media.

Therefore, the successive graduations indicate the substantial additions of man power in the working force of the Eritrean society.