A lot of people considereducation to be one of the most important factors that allow and ensure the betterment of people. In life, many important opportunities are availed by the help of education and if a person lacks education he will not be able to get complete benefit of what the society has to offer. Although the actual benefit of education are often overlooked or are not even discussed.
The book, Finding a New Perspective For Urban Education In America (ISBN 978-1951630072), claims that teachers in the high-poverty school are working with outdated materials and books, they use them when there is a shortage in supply and working with other technologies. The deficient supplies of material and opportunities to learn are another characteristic of high-poverty urban schools
a. Education Helps Reducing Poverty:
Poverty is one of the greatest hurdles between education and for poor people it is the main cause of lack of education as they cannot get even basic education. If all children learn basic reading skills, the poverty rate will be decreased as educated people or people with some skills will be able to earn their living. If every person can get an education there will be an increase I n the income-levels of the people and the overall rate of poverty will decrease.
b. Education Increases income Rates:
The greatest benefit of education is that it provides high-income jobs. A person who is educated is more likely to be offered with opportunities for getting a higher paying job. Higher education provides an increase in income of about almost 10 percent as employers all around the globe, prefer highly qualified people over uneducated people for higher positions.
c. Education Promotes Equality:
There is no better equalizer than education. To make sure that there are equal opportunities for every person, not differentiating them on the basis of caste, color, status, gender, etc. and providing a balance to the society, education is a necessity. There are about 775 million illiterate adults in the world who are women. The person who lacks in education is destitute from getting good jobs. Equal access to education improves options for girls and women. It is a fact that women’s earning can be increased with each level of the school year.
d. Education Helps in Promoting Health:
Children who are born in educated families get good health services as they get vaccinated from time to time and they do not suffer from malnourishment as their families can provide them good quality food. It is a fact that children whose mothers are educated and have secondary or higher education can live a healthy and comfortable life as compared to the child whose mother has no education.
e. Education Discourages Crimes:
Education enlightens people to differentiate between right and wrong. Education compels people to make the right decisions which are good for them and useful for society as well. When the people will be educated, they will get opportunities of finding a fair way of living and would now en up committing crimes in order to provide for themselves.
Education is undoubtedly one of the most important things that play key roles in the development of a child and it makes sure that the kids are on the right path to a safe and better future. It is very important that the people who are the sources for our kids to get this education are being taken care of too because if they are not being rewarded for the efforts that they are putting in and are being underappreciated, it will directly reflect in our kid’s performance.
Author Bio:
Dr. Sergio Páezis a Columbian urban educator with an experience of over 20 years. He is a former superintendent from Massachusetts who also held a position in the Worcester Public School System and served there for almost 7 years as the Manager of English Language Learners and Supplemental Support.
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