What is Education?
The day a new born child is born and is cut from its mother, it learns how to breathe all by itself. As time passes, it learns how to walk, talk, read, write and do many new things. Learning has always been an integral part of us. From the need to learn, springs the field of ‘Education’. What needs to be taught and when, is decided through this system. Hence Education becomes a medium for learning and the knowledge acquired then can be used to improve many people’s lives.
Importance of Education
While learning ‘a b c d’ we had never thought that one day we would be specializing in a field and learning words like ‘sphygmomanometer’ or ‘catharsis’. Education has shaped us into who we are today. It has broadened our perspective and helped us into forming our beliefs and opinions on various topics. It has made us aware of the happenings in the world. Education has helped us reach to the moon, create artificial cornea to help people see better, build buildings, use different languages and to make miracles happen.
How is Education helpful?
Education has helped us appreciate the beauty of nature as bestowed upon us by God. It is only through Education that ‘aesthetic aspect’ and ‘social responsibility’ are awakened in a citizen. He becomes cautious of his responsibility as a citizen and takes better care of his surroundings along with appreciating it. An educated person would know whom to call in an emergency and what all procedure to follow. Hence education is for life and one should retain whatever one has learnt so that it can be used when needed.
India and Education
India has always been the land of knowledge. ‘Sanskrit’ has been a native language and it was the language in which pupils were taught by their ‘Gurus’ under a tree. This ancient language gave way to many new languages. Due to the changing history of India, its Education system also got affected. From education being provided under a tree for free to Modern school academies being set up with hefty fees, India has come a long way and so has its Education system.
Can Money buy Education?
While earlier children received Education free of cost, in today’s scenario, there are a variety of schools with different facilities and fee structures. The Education system is no less than a business where Education is bought with money. More the money, better the quality of education. Why? Why has it become the way it has? Does high quality education only come to those who pay more? Who decides high quality from low? What is the importance of education in our lives and can a poor person have good quality education?
Education is eternal
While such questions remain unanswered, let us search for them in our past. Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey are some of the personalities who are college drop-outs. What does education mean? Is it a highway to success? No. Life itself is a teacher that educates us with all the lessons we need to learn. Education is not received in classroom, but outside it. It comes to those who have a thirst for it. So learn as much as you want to because education is eternal.
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