IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION

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                 Education is important to society because a person who is educated can develop his moral and ethical values in society. It helps us to spread knowledge in society through any mode. Education is known to everyone that a person with great knowledge is appreciated by all the persons in society.  

  Before exceeding into the intense thresholds and heat of the real world, many possible candidates, worthy of sharing their school life experience, can justify, that “efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction” (John F. Kennedy). In this case, we will be pondering upon a predefined, yet unexplored notion, which truly decides the existence of these very schools. Clearly, the prospect of going to a certain location on all work days, leaving aside a few given time periods/vacations, would eventually bring one to a simple question regarding the reasons for having to be part of such a workaholic system. According to numerous public speech occasions, it has been declared that “every child between four and 18 years of age must go to school on Monday and stay in school” (Minister of Education, Rev Ronald Thwaites, 2015), however, the actual purpose behind so called ‘vigorous knowledge training’ or education, is still left, in my opinion, incomplete or unexplained. Insufficient justifications, like “the type of adolescents we would like to see in the society” (Minister of Education, Rev Ronald Thwaites, 2015), are still leaving many curious, and uncertain on what is education actually for, and whether we are doing it right? Furthermore, with complete regard towards the complex scope of the topic, this essay’s meaning of education predates, the first formally recognised, Boston Latin School, in the United States of America, 1635 (National Geographic). Its definition is more towards maintaining an unbiased view, where “the wealth of knowledge acquired by an individual” (Business Dictionary) is the main focus. In the following, I will be presenting both sides of the argument with a final decision, based upon several interlinked aspects and statistics building up towards the sole purpose of education, in order to determine, how right we are.

Prior to delving into the economic factors of education, its relevant evolution over centuries must be taken into account. This is due to, the gradual progress, which eventually leads to Horace Mann’s vision: “a system of professional teachers who would teach students an organized curriculum of basic content” (Wonderopolis). In 2000 BC, there was the first ever development in writing systems, where Egypt, created its own hieroglyphic script, used on stone monuments and other flexible paper like materials (History of Writing by Steven Roger Fischer). Due to education not being a priority of the Government or Rulers of the Ancient Civilization, the majority of students gained their basic knowledge from informal or private schooling (Education in ancient civilization, History of Education, Wikipedia). The rest of the knowledge acquired, was usually at later stages through individual experiments or consultation with experts in different subject (Education in ancient civilization, History of Education, Wikipedia). It was not until the Early Middle Ages, around 500AD, where the first steps of formal education were revealed in the form of “Christian monastic schools, in which monks taught classes” (Formal education in the Middle Ages (500–1600 AD), History of Education, Wikipedia). As a result, formal education systems continued to strengthen its roots in most of the developed countries of the modern world, leading to 86.3% of the world population becoming literate by 2015 (UNESCO).

In this case, formal education leads to becoming the sole foundation and roots of a knowledge based society, which in turn revolutionizes the world to industrialisation. Clearly, in accordance to the table above, the literacy rate, satisfies how formal education was perceived as a constructive tool, by today’s developed countries, who as a result, were enlightened with a rapid growth in various business sectors, hence, positively affecting their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). A direct benefit of education can be marked as a solution to unemployment, reflected by escalating amount of job opportunities, which are dependent upon the level of entrepreneurship. With reference to the table, a recognizable pattern could be acknowledged, where higher literacy rate countries with about 99%, have sustained elevated GDPs, proving to have undergone a greater economic development. In other words, this can also be recognised as a direct relationship in which, “if there is a change with one variable, then there will likely be a corresponding change in the other” (Business Dictionary). The developed countries include the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, which are also identified to be a part of the ‘First World’. One of the chief related causes, proceeding towards industrialisation and so called ‘Economic Booms’, is due to “a better educated workforce” being “a more productive workforce and” as a result becoming more “likely to attract international business” (The Importance of social development, Development, page 57, Geography Today 3, by Doreen Crawford). With the corresponding relevance of how education had boosted productivity, which eventually led to have “characterised the industrial revolution” (The Economist), one can clarify, that a country’s unheeded approach towards it, could negatively affect the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as well. Developing countries, which are part of the ‘Third World,’ like Pakistan, Nigeria, and Ethiopia, are prime examples, as their low literacy rates lead to similar, though extremely small values of Gross Domestic Products (GDPs), in comparison with developed countries.

With acknowledgement towards Kingston, Jamaica’s 2015 data, it has been observed that around 20% of students do not attend school on a regular basis, thus negatively affecting not only the literacy rate, however, the overall social and economic development (health, economy etc.) of the country (Jamaica observer). A further research according to theMinistry of National Security’s knowledge, proves that the 20% of students, who do not attend school on a daily basis, end up to be “the group from which come persons, who run afoul of the law”(Minister of Education, Rev Ronald Thwaites, 2015). This conveys, yet another influential advantage/purpose, regarding the overall usage of formal education, which is law and order. As described earlier on in the essay, the initial effects of acquiring knowledge begin on the individual, usually succeeding towards a substantial population, where their education ‘starts to make a difference.’ Although, as evaluated in the previous quotation, the inverse strategy, where, formal education is once again unheeded, could lead to the suggested result, which is against the law. Usually, one of the prime excuses brought towards the authorities’ attention, is regarding the poor financial status of the individual and his household, curving off to how a family member is in need of medical attention, due to a certain epidemic/disease, incurable in the amount of wealth in possession. The Education Minister of Jamaica, includes how “they are likely to stay away from crime if they are in school” (Minister of Education, Rev Ronald Thwaites, 2015), dependably pointing towards his ingredient needed to elucidate the dilemma, which is ‘school,’ a standard from of teaching formal education.  This solves our former advantage of employment, which satisfies, that the people don’t only avoid their participation in crime, however, find a job, and fulfil their needs to living a healthy, lawful, and recommended lifestyle.

It can clearly be justified, that the benefits prove the sole purpose of education, which tend to be large in scope; however, the open minded approach always leads to less moral activities, and the main question of, ‘whether we are doing it right?’. Firstly, excessive amounts of money at stake, leads to economic competition, which is “rivalry in which every seller tries to get what other sellers are seeking at the same time,” mainly including “profit” (Business Dictionary). This increases rapidly between profit seeking businesses in the school/tuition industry, thus affecting the fees in large amounts. This leaves poor families up to choose between the ultimate decision, of not educating their children or resorting to a lower quality of teaching. Secondly, education in computer programming has caused, many to make their own decisions regarding the way to put that knowledge into effect. Unfortunately, many turn to illegal computer hacking, once again, flawing our righteousness in thoughts positively correlating with education.

In conclusion, education has strongly defined both, its beneficial purposes and immoral characteristics, however, based upon the upcoming generations and innovative control of the government, I strongly believe that the world, will continue a less flawless road to an educated future.

By katari kishore....