Education is Essential

Education is Essential

Education is a crucial development tool for the development of any nation and serves as a key mechanism towards success for it helps in mitigating the challenges one comes across. Although the educational systems of different countries are not similar but they do share a common goal and that is to to provide its citizens a suitable and proper learning, therefore immediate steps must be taken to improve it. An indispensable tool and the most valuable treasure one can possess, education plays an important role in the society enabling it to flourish both socially and economically, helping its people to gain recognition and respect. The most beautiful truth about education is that whatever knowledge we acquire cannot be stolen but is always enriched if taken from others.

Today the main crux of education should be focused on how to live in the world on the basis of an idealistic ethical behaviour with a good moral code of conduct. They should be taught the basics of what is required to survive and thrive in whatever field they are interested in. If they are well observant and focused they can succeed in whatever they do and cannot be dumb founded by being forced on doing something in which they have no interest at all.Education is changing, but very slowly and we all unitedly need to support that change. Going to school and getting and education is something that many teenagers today take for granted?  We are going to be sorry if we don’t prepare our students better for the skills they need now for a better future.

Even today, the process of grasping knowledge is very tedious, dull and boring. Due to the pressure of the parents , the child is busy cramming up as he only concentrates on getting good marks in the tests and board examinations. This goose and berry chase does not strengthen his base instead gives the child enormous stress and pressure which rob teachers and students of quality classroom time.

The main focus was on the basic education is to strengthen the foundation of the child, but one thing is certain: today’s generation is not receiving a quality education in most schools. Trading of schools as a common phenomenon now a days. Schools and colleges are just a money minting source only. Overcrowded classrooms are of concern as the teachers are unable to give proper attention to the child. If the teacher is teaching just because it is his profession, a means to earn his bread and butter, there the child is just studying because it’s the need of the hour and a normal procedure of his upbringing has to be completed. The paradox is complicated by the modern emphasis on the standards of learning tests as it does not help when all the relaxation activities and fun times are taken away from the children. The child spends the entire day in school, tuition's, completing homework and then learning due to which he gets no time to play, joke and be merry. Since his very childhood he is unnecessarily burdened with the weight of his career giving a total shut down to a childhood which could have been a his memorable moments in older days keeping him in high spirits.

Education and Knowledge are not the same because education gives you a degree but knowledge makes you a personality. Education is not all about studying and getting good marks. Marks are just numbers obtained in life but real education is the knowledge gathered by discovering new things which we don't know about and enhance our knowledge. An educated person has the ability to differentiate between right and wrong or good and evil. It is the foremost responsibility of a society to educate its citizens.

 Everyone is a citizen but few are responsible citizen, in the same way every one is educated but few are knowledgeable. Special focus on women’s education is needed because the knowledge and empowerment of one woman can bring about a change in a family and then the society as a whole.

It is the uneducated and illiterate people who think women are not entitled to education.

The Right to Education is the right of every individual and by education – it does not mean going to a school can only enrich your wisdom but various other courses, training and diplomas etc. also play a big role in one’s upbringing. The right to education includes a responsibility to provide basic education for individuals who have not completed primary education. In addition to this, access to education encompasses the obligation to rule out discrimination at all levels of the educational system, to set minimum standards and to improve quality of education. Better education can make a person more civilized and useful for the society. One cannot image a prosperous life without appropriate education. Every object that a mankind creates to develop healthy surroundings is based over the knowledge that is attained through education and the more the society develops the more life becomes dependent over education. A person becomes perfect with education as he is not only gaining something from it, but also contributing to the growth of a nation. We all realise the importance of education and must aim to ensure that each citizen of our nation is educated and independent.

New advanced ways that have generated give a lot of emphasis in the technological up gradation and researches which have been recognized facilitating better communication and production of cost effective products and services to the society, education plays a paramount role in the modern industrial world, both economically as well as socially enabling the people to lead a comfortable life bringing prosperity and encouraging them to live respectfully

Role of Guardian and Parents in imparting knowledge.

Today when both the parents are working, they prefer to put their loved children in a crèche and day schools ensuring that their children are not left neglected. This no doubt gives them both an opportunity to earn for their family and permits them the flexibility to run a home comfortably.

But, is this enough? On one hand where the parents are ready to push, shove, and jostle against one another at the gates of the best schools in town to secure their child’ best education but hardly find time to spend with their own children.

Education not only moulds the new generation, but reflects a society’s fundamental assumptions about itself and the individuals which compose it. It is vital to the human resources development and empowerment in the stages of growth of any nation.

Need and importance of education

To sum up, we need to recognize that the knowledge, skills and productivity of our growing young and dynamic work force forms the backbone of our economy. To reap the  benefits of such a young work force, we need to implement the reforms in the education system and also bring forth new factors of production, namely knowledge, skills and  technology which have the ability to unleash the productive frontiers of the economy in the most efficient and dynamic way. Besides, taking a leaf from the western hemisphere, India should try to become ‘knowledge economy’ to promote inclusive growth.  I, therefore, would like underline three major areas to be focused to ensure that our education system is sustainable and meets global standards:

i.              Quality of Education – in terms of infrastructure, teachers, accreditation, etc.

ii.             Affordability of Education – ensuring poor and deserving students are not denied education.

iii.            Ethics in Education – avoiding over-commercialization of education system.

The most persistent problem is the unavailability of money or inadequate funding of education programs or systems. The demand far exceeds the supply, and available monies are only for the most basic educational needs of the students. The concept of education faces a bleak future characterized by stagnation, insensitivity, inadequate facilities and personnel. Is this what we should be contented with? Public funds are insufficient to cover education costs, and schools throughout India experience shortages of teachers, books, and basic facilities. Retention of both students and teachers is alarmingly low, particularly in many rural areas.

Gender discrimination also keeps attendance rates for girls far below that of boys in the same age group. For girls, the ultimate goal is often portrayed as marriage, and not the attainment of a solid educational background. Often, families cannot afford to pay for the schooling of all their children so parents frequently decide to prematurely end schooling for their daughters. For many impoverished families, schooling is viewed as an impracticable financial burden, allowing them to reserve money for more pressing needs.

Financial problems need to be overcome, legislation needs to take on a new perspective and approach to education, teachers need to grasp the changes and embrace them. We also need to understand the young generation and need to accept their individuality and uniqueness. They are different just the way we were different from our parents and we need to deal with understanding.

Education is a big social responsibility of every nation where education of women is should be must as the empowerment and knowledge of one woman can revolutionize her family first and then the society. Not only restricted to study hard and score good results, education also means to conquer new effects towards the betterment of mankind because even one educated individual can create a big difference between wrong and right or evil and good. However the inequalities in the standards of education are still a major issue that needs to be solved as early as possible. The importance of education is our life cannot be ignored at any cost for it is the only way to acquire knowledge. Education itself needs to be redefined as many developing countries face the problem of low-quality teaching. There are many challenges for in the education system those have to be alleviated.

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