Importance of Education

Importance of Education 

Imagine a world where everyone is uneducated. We would perhaps never have worn clothes or eaten delicious food. Possibly, we would be walking around in the forest and climbing mountains, hunting for wild animals for flesh accompanied by leaves, roots and fruits. Above all, you would not be reading this article.

As we can see, education is very important. It is the most important thing in this world. Education is an ongoing process as we call it. What we learn during our childhood stays with us all life, even if we forget complicated lessons taught in schools and colleges. Skills that we learn during our life can actually help us to stay alive. This can be anything simple from sewing a button on our dress or taking medicines for illness.

Nowadays, many people say that education and wealth are closely linked. This is not entirely true. Education does not merely mean a good degree of some great university. Education actually means how we see and perceive things. Above that, education also means how we respond or react to situations. Education from schools and colleges is important because it helps us how to live in a civilized society and respect one another. It shows us how to obey laws of the society and laws of the land we dwell.

Education is very important because it also helps us become rich. It teaches us how to recognize and utilize our skills and use them for a job or business. These skills can be used for betterment of the society, our country and the entire world. In fact, every innovation, invention and discovery made by mankind was due to education.

The importance of education can also be understood from the fact that education decides the behavior of humans towards animals. In a civilized and well educated society, all animals are treated humanely. They are cared for and fed. If needed, educated people give medicines for animals too. In sharp contrast, uncivilized societies sometimes show lesser respect to animals.

Nowadays, education is important because there are thousands of things around us that are made with modern technology. We require education to use these modern gadgets and get the best benefits of technology. Education also teaches us how to respect other human beings. It is because of education that every country has laws that tell people what can be done and what should be avoided.

Education means curiosity

Indisputably, curiosity is the sole precursor to education. As humans, we have inherent curiosity about everything. Primarily, we all wish to know about things that directly impact our otherwise mundane lives.

Furthermore, we also love to pry into stuff that is largely irrelevant. Yet, curiosity prods us to learn more and imbibe knowledge. Thus, information forms basis of our education.

Bereft of this curiosity, we are nothing more than vegetative beings. Other living creatures are curious too. However, their curiosity is limited to things that directly impact their life and wellbeing.

On the other hand, human curiosity has no bounds. When channelized or given right direction, this infinite curiosity manifests as education.

Education signifies survival

Survival is a primary basic instinct of us humans. None of us would have survived thousands of years of evolution sans this instinct. Undoubtedly, our existence as a species was threatened over the centuries by natural and man-made elements.

Yet, we survived because of education. Regardless, that primordial education was mere imbibing knowledge from experiences and our five senses.

Paleontology proves that hundreds of living creatures could not survive on Earth, despite being physically stronger than humans.

Education helps us overcome this inborn physical frailty. It gives us an edge for survival, over other living creatures.

Education offers adaptability

Once again, curiosity helps all animals, including us humans, to learn new things. Yet, we differ in one primary function. Humans have natural capability to receiving, processing and storing data we gain from experiences or the five senses.

Furthermore, we humans can utilize, adapt or exploit our data to suit our requirements. This inherent capacity to process raw data from our senses and experiences translates as education.

Thus, we are able to adapt our needs according to prevailing conditions at any point of time.

Education encourages communication

The link between education and communication is unequivocal. In fact, the need to educate others is responsible for development of languages.

Without languages in any form, education could never be achieved. Thus began the human journey towards developing communication, tools and written languages.