EDUCATION is the most POWERFUL weapon we can use to CHANGE THE WORLD.
Nelson Mandela
The importance of education cannot be stated enough.It is a self-enlightening process. It is crucial to the overall development of an individual and the society at large. Education for all means has been the most important debate in all stages of society, progress and development. This might build in you the question as to why everyone is running behind education? What is it that makes us bind to education and makes it the centre of attraction to all the aristocrats, law makers, parents and elders? Education isn’t about my marks or your standard its about knowledge and how well you are aware of the happenings around you. A person who is awakened knows what’s best for him/her, knows the difference between right and wrong and that’s when he is known as educated.
The first time we are introduced to formal education is in school. The school years are the grounding years of one’s education.
Schools are institutions that lay the foundation of a child’s development. They play a key role in developing children into responsible citizens and good human beings.
It’s a school where young talent is recognised and nurtured. On leaving school, we are all set to soar high in life, and enter the real world in pursuit of our dreams. Education provides us with knowledge about the world. It paves the way for a good career.
It helps build character. It leads to enlightenment. It lays the foundation of a stronger nation. Education makes a man complete.
Kautilya, an Indian philosopher, royal adviser, and professor of economics and political science very rightly underlined the importance of education, some 2000 years ago. He has highlighted the fact that education enriches people’s understanding of themselves. He has said that education is an investment in human capital, and it can have a great impact on a nation’s growth and development.
So, Why is Education Important?
SOCIETY
We live in an ever progressing and developing society. Education in this society is not only a demarcation of the wealthy and poor but also of the uneducated and educated. Your reputation and social image is dependent on your educational qualifications. More than your salary, caste, creed or religion, people care about your degree for it demarks you from the rest.
Society is also a cluster of different people, to deal with each we need knowledge of the system as well as our rights and duties which is only taught to us through different mediums of education. This helps us become a member of the society we live in and participate actively in the changes and development required in the society.
THE DIFFERENCE
”education is the transmission of civilization”
For education also makes us gain the knowledge of differentiating between different aspects of work, life and curriculum.
For a person who isn’t educated he/she cannot discriminate as to when he is being fooled or when the stats are true.
Country works on a certain curriculum, to follow those routes like in banks, government offices and day to day needs we need to be educated so that no one can hoax us with their knowledge. Your way of talking, perception and interaction in a social gathering shall always stand out compared to the one who is illiterate. It Gives Knowledge
NOBODY CAN FOOL YOU
The lower class of the society is often faced with the issue of not being literate like those who are more privileged, living in urban dynasties. Hence often the selfish urban tend to use the innocence and illiteracy of the uneducated in their favor. Often we come across cases where the farmers sign across wrong papers and have to face long life penalty for giving their land to someone else. This is only because the farmer is illiterate and hence can be easily fooled by words. Whereas an educated person is smart enough to demarcate the cunningness of those around and is less probable to be shot by such cases.
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
It Gives Knowledge
A direct effect of education is knowledge gain. Education gives us knowledge of the world around.
It develops in us a perspective of looking at life. It helps us form opinions and develop a point of view.
The information we are constantly bombarded with, cannot be converted into knowledge without the catalyst called education.
Education makes us capable of interpreting things rightly and applying the gathered information in real life scenarios.
Education is not limited to lessons from textbooks. Real education is obtained from the lessons taught by life.
INDEPENDENT
Education makes your growth optimum and helps you become independent to start your own life.
It makes you reliable on your instincts and knowledge to take the right decision that does not harm your image and respect.
An independent thought process is developed when your brain is open to all the forms of life and knowledge about how advanced the world
has become and you witness the improvement in lifestyle. This makes you create your own mentality rather than being a herd follower
of your ancestors it also gives you a broader outlook towards life and your career.
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” – Socrates
It Leads to Enlightenment. Education paves the path to disillusionment. It wipes out the wrong beliefs from our minds.
It helps create a clear picture of things around, and erases all the confusion. It kindles the flame of curiosity and helps awaken the abilities to question, and to reason. The more we learn, the more questions we have, and without questions, there are no answers. Education teaches us to find answers. It makes us more self-aware. It leads us to enlightenment.
WISDOM
”never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take accomplish it.”
THE TIME WILL PASS ANYWAY
Education is often compared with wisdom. A person who is educated has wisdom and knowledge.
Wisdom to know the correct and knowledge to reason it. Wisdom acts as the stepping stone during a person’s growth.
A matured person is often considered to have more wisdom than a teenager because he/she has faced the cons of life and
come out with experience that make them smart, careful and aware.
These things can be taught to you in school/ colleges or by your parents or by
personal experience but when we lack the urge to learn it is then that are downfall starts.
It Helps a Nation Progress
“Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our
progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.” – John F. Kennedy
Though not enlisted as one of the three basic human needs, education is equally important.
For the progress of a nation, for the enrichment of society in general, education is important. A country’s literate population is its asset.
In today’s competitive world, it won’t be wise to neglect the importance of education for the development of society as a whole.
Most countries have realised this. It has led to the development of many government-aided educational programs and government grants to
schools and colleges. The motive behind this is fostering education in society. The future of a nation is safe in the hands of the educated.
Education is important for the social development and economic growth of a nation.
“… Every single one of you has something that you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer.
And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide.”
US President Barack Obama