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Education is very necessary. Do you
agree?

Whether or not education serves the right purpose in our
society is a difficult question to decide. Very often people
do not take up professions for which they are trained; at
other times they do not get the opportunity to use their
training. When most education at the school level is either
free or subsidized, it becomes essential to examine the
question in great detail.

Is education really necessary? Did we not live before this
quantitative expansion took place, before education began
to be imparted to members of all classes? In Britain till
mid-nineteenth century education was class privilege.
Britain could expand the area of its education on the basis
of the industrial relation. Can the developing and the
under-developed countries afford to take similar
measures?

For generations our people have depended only on life to
educate them and they have all learned through
experience. Even at a higher stage of education mere
theoretical knowledge is not enough; it has to be related to
actual experience. Many young engineers and technicians
find that what they have learned in their schools and
colleges is not of much use to them and they have to learn
everything anew once they take to practical work.

However solid these arguments may appear to be, I firmly
believe that education alone can save us. It alone can help

us build a better future. Ignorance never was bliss and to
believe in it would be a folly. It is not gold that makes good
people or good countries. It is knowledge. Knowledge is
the only thing which can come to the help of mankind.
Education is one we cannot neglect. If we want young
minds to grow and be aware of the world around them, if
we want our country to be in the forefront or at least on par
with other countries, we must educate our people for all
advanced knowledge and for peace and war education is
necessary. We can never be free if we depend on other
countries for the technical know-how. Even if practical
knowledge is acquired in the fields and the factories, we
have to have some one who knows about the soils and the
fertilizers and can build our factories.

Today war is not a mere matter of bravery of courage.
Wars are won or lost on the basis of literacy. Modern
weapons are so sophisticated that an illiterate soldier
cannot use them. Education is not a mere ability to sign
one’s name. It is the basis of something much more
important. Even basic hygiene and cleanliness are
connected with the level of education. To some extent
they are also connected with the economic situation.
Education helps to solve both the problems at one go.
With better education better jobs will be available.

There is no time to dilly-dally about matters related to
education. If we want progress, we must ensure minimum
education for all.