ENGLISH ESSAY ‘purpose of
education’ FROM 300 TO 325 WORDS
Education
and human life are closely connected with each other. One has to acquire
education so that human life becomes a complete whole. Education has four main
aims. Firstly, education is needed to develop the personality of a student and
to enable him to earn his bread. Secondly, education should enable him to play
his role as a citizen in a democratic country. The third purpose of education
is to inspire a student to develop all his hidden powers. The fourth aim is to
build character of the individual or a student.
Population
is increasing at a large scale in modern times and there are many unemployed
youths. Therefore, today education is a means to attain jobs. It is ,
therefore, an obligation of the country and the government to make arrangements
to give not only general education but technical and vocational training also.
Pakistan is a democratic country. Democracy cannot fully succeed unless its
citizens are educated. If a proper system of education is not there, its
citizens can be exploited by selfish politicians and business pirates.
It
enables him to develop his latent powers and faculties of nature. It helps him
to develop his mental and spiritual powers. Education is the only tool for
building the character of an individual. The first thing in which an individual
is trained is social behavior. Without education man cannot learn the art of
living with others. A really educated person is a transformed individual. To
him, the world becomes a bigger and more charming place. He is able to see more
beauty and variety in the world. Unfortunately, character training and development
of mental and spiritual potentialities are not given a proper place in the
modern education system. The present system of education is just a passport to
the boys for employment and to the girls for their marriages. Even our
political world reflects a picture that education has not succeeded in its
primary aim.
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