Importance of education
ARUN BANGOTRA
Education is an essential tool for bright future of our young generation. We can achieve anything good in the life using the tool of education. Getting proper education is very necessary to get success and happy life just like food is necessary for healthy body. Education helps us to live luxurious and better life. It develops personality of the people, provides physical and mental standard and transforms people’s living status. Good education is constructive in nature which constructs our future forever. It helps a person to improve his/her status of mind, body and spirit. It provides us lots of confidence by giving us bulk of knowledge in many field. It is a single and vital way to the success as well as personal growth.Higher level of education helps people in earning social and family respect and unique recognition. Education time is a crucial part of life for everyone personally and socially. It provides a person a unique standard in the life and feeling of wellbeing. Education provides ability to solve any big social and family and even national and international level problems. It turns the minds towards positivity in the life and removes all the mental problems and negativity.
Our parent plays a great role in turning our mind towards education from childhood. They try their best to give us good education from the popular educational institutions. Every parent tells their kids from childhood about the importance of education in the life and all the advantages of education to make their mind towards better study in the future. Education provides us opportunity to gain technical and highly skilled knowledge as well as enlarge our views all over the world. Best ways to enhance the skill and knowledge level is to get practiced of reading newspaper, seeing educational programmes on TV, reading books of good authors, etc. Education makes us more civilized and better educated human being. It helps us in making better position in the society and achieves dreamed position in the job.Education makes us able to become a good doctor, engineer, officer, pilot, teacher, etc in the life whatever we want to become. Regular and proper study leads us towards success by making a goal of life. Earlier the education system was so tough and people from all castes were not able to get education according to their own wish. It was very tough to get admission in the professional colleges because of high cost. But now it has become so simple and easy to go ahead in the education. Now a days for living a luxurious life or for living a better life, you should be educated. Being educated and earning a professional degree prepares you to be a part in reputed organizations, companies or institutions. A person who gets good education will become good citizen, more dependable worker, right thinker and a correct decision maker.
We all want to see our kids going towards success which is only possible through the good and proper education. The more knowledge we get, we grow and develop more in the life. Being well educated never only means to earn certificates and good salary from the recognized and reputed organization, companies or institutions however it also means to be a good and social person in the life. It helps us to determine whether something is good or bad for us and other persons related to us. Good education makes you a good citizen and then a successful person in personal and professional life.
Education is the fundamental rights of everyone and capable of bringing any desired change and upliftment in the human mind and society. In today’s competitive world education is necessity for man after food, clothing, and shelter. Education is the strength to a person. Now a days technology plays a important role in continuing the communication of education through known and unknown persons. It is the only fundamental way by which a desired change and upliftment in the society can be taken into effect.A society which is uneducated cannot think on rational lines. In the medieval period, long before the renaissance, people often fought mindless wars that resulted in bloodshed as they were illiterate and ignorant. All money in the world will not give you satisfaction and prestige as the education can. Women were enslaved and looked down upon due to the lack of education. As they become literate the outlook of the society improved. In fact, if you want to move within the certain segment of the people, it is important to be qualified or get a certain level of education.
Superstitions have percolated to every part of the society with people blindly following them without any scientific base. They have existed since ancient times, however, educated person questions the age old customs and practices. Educated minds doesn’t follow the rituals blindly because change is the name of the game on the planet.Believing anything without a reason is not the trait of an educated person. For instance, a farmer may not able to analyze the fertility of the soil and determine the type of the crops that are to be grown. In olden times, in the absence of research, people used to pray to the rain gods for a good harvest. Therefore, education is necessary to remove the different evils of the society.
Education plays an important role in the
evolution of human life. Television became the household commodity in the 20th century while internet took over in 21st. Advancement in technology is only possible due to the education. Ignorant people are not able to understand the logic behind the natural phenomenon and are not able to develop a vision for the future.
Through the use of educating, we come to know about the different cultures and traditions in the world. It helps people to become more tolerant of each other. Wide exposure enhances the knowledge base of the individuals and prepares them to face the challenges of life in a better manner. In olden times, due to sheer ignorance, foreign travel was considered an unholy activity and people had to undergo a purification process. Education plays a very important role in decision making by gaining feedback from others. A logical person would plan accordingly before starting any business venture. If you are learned and knowledgeable, it is easier to plan the economic activity and determine whether it is profitable.
Health is wealth is an old adage but the proverb holds a lot of meaning in modern times. People are now aware of the benefits of the vegetables and fruits however in past they were ignorant due to lack of education. As they are able to read, it is possible to view the blogs related to health on the internet. More and more people know how fresh food provides vitamins and minerals to improve the immune system of the body. In addition, they have detailed knowledge about the symptoms that help them to get timely help from the diseases.
Education is essential to incorporate new techniques to improve the productivity of the employees. For instance, if the workers are not educated, they cannot use the machines which would help to boost the production. In other works, you have to be knowledgeable and skilled in a particular stream to perform various tasks in the modern world. Farmers should also update their knowledge about the new methods of irrigation to make agriculture more effective.
As people become more informed, they know what is right and what is wrong. Hence, the society in all likelihood would not resort to wars however ignorance breeds prejudices and hatred. Medieval and the first as well second world wars are the result of biased thinking due to lack of modern and rational education.
Developing nations around the world have achieved 100% literacy. Educated society develops quickly because they are not bounded by the narrow realms of caste, creed, and religion.
(The author is Principal Govt. Polytechnic College Kathua)