Education

Definition: The theory and practice of teaching

What is the purpose of Education?
Personal Goals
Train one for quick, resolute and effective logical and scientific thinking.
To transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge but also the accumulated
experience of social living.
To teach creative and analytical thinking
To spark curiosity, imagination and love of lifetime learning
Development of the individuals potential
Societal Goals
To cultivate a skilled workforce
To help students compete in a global marketplace
Mass education is meant to have a larger social or economic purpose.
The use of taxpayers money means that schools have to be held accountable if
they are ineffective in achieving these objectives.
Possible Essay Questions
1. Education is the best solution to the worlds problems? How far do you agree?
Education is the best solution
1. Education provides information for
the nations to solve pending
problems the nation faces.
a. Through education, people
understand the causes of the
problems and the solutions
that can help alleviate or
eradicate it.
2. Education ensures that the future
generation of political leaders will
be equipped with the essential
skills and knowledge that will
enable good planning as to the
running of the country.
3. Education offers greater
independence to those affected,
helping them to break out of vicious
cycles.

Education is not the best solution

1. Many of the worlds problems
require more direct, immediate
approaches which education cannot
provide fully.
2. Education can only be useful when
accompanied with monetary
support.
a. Despite understanding the
importance of good
agricultural techniques that
will not harm the
environment, farmers will
still turn to their traditional
methods due to the lack of
money to purchase better
quality equipment.
b. Education needs to be
heavily subsidized or even
provided for free by
government in order to

encourage families to keep

their children in school.
2. Do you agree that education is no longer the key to success?
Success: financial ability, material well-being/ mental and spiritual well-being/knowledge
Education is no longer the key to
success
1. Current form of education
may not be able to equip
students with the right keys
to achieve economic success
in life
a. Education restricts
the growth of
creativity and
innovation. One may
be knowledgeable but
is not able to apply the
knowledge
effectively.
Education remains as one of the
essential keys to success today.

Education is the key to success

1. The aim of education is to produce a batch of
people who will be successful in their lives,
thus contributing to the country
a. Education empowers people with
new knowledge and skills
2. Education builds the foundation and basis of
a person and also imparts life-long learning
attitude and skills.
3. Education allows people to be exposed to
new opportunities which form an essential
gateway to success.
4. Provides people with chance to break free
from the vicious cycle of poverty and pave
the road to success in life.