Education Is The Backbone of a Nation

 Education gives us knowledge and

a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as 1 the ability to

decide things rationally and make the r right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the

of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self-confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts:

we pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well. Education helps us think

Our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things

it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the yalues it imparts and the rise of hatred or

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conflict that follows. Education Is The Backbone of a Nation.

The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of

Our personality. As we begin school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand

Our sense of belonging to include the school at large, our community and finally our country. Education thus

prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its welfare.

Education, it is believed, releases our potentials and our inner strengths. it sharpens our intellect and develoDs

our creativity. As we are taught to reason well and find solutions to the problems of life we become productive

members of society. Education by definition is progressive and liberal, teaching us to respect human diversity

and cultural and religious differences. If all of us practise these values in life, the world becomes a much

happier place.

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Education also fosters critical thinking and provides us a set of competencies including life skills that enable us

to become competitive even in the most challenging of circumstances. Education also teaches us to appreciat

beauty and the bounties of nature.

School, however, is not the only place where a child gets education. A Bangla poem tells us that nature can be

teacher. Here are a couple of lines from the poem in English translation:

The sky has taught me to be liberal.

The wind has given me the motto to be industrious.

If we can make nature our friend, philosopher and guide, we can learn lessons about life that, combined with

what our schools teach us, will prepare us for the future. Education Is The Backbone of a Nation

Education not only enriches us with knowledge, abilities and skills, it also teaches us values. Values can be

ndividual, interpersonal, organizational or social. Thus students receiving good education develop self-respect

but also learn to respect others; they know the importance of honesty and learn to trust others: they develop

compassion and fellow feeling and become aware of the need to protect the environment. If students combine

the values they learn at home with those that the school gives them, they will not deviate from the right path

unless they fall into bad company. The famous French writer Victor Hugo (1802-1895) once said, "He who

opens a school door, closes a prison."