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Saud Alotaibi

Prof. M. Leath

WRC 1013.01s

22 July 2014

Education System

Education is important for everyone in this world. Education is “The action or process of educating or of being educated ” (“Education”). (merriam-webster)

Merriam-Webster defined it in two ways. First is “the action of people to educate other or the process of being educated”. Second way to define education is that “it is the field of study which mainly concerned with the various methods of teaching”. Generally, education is defined as “the process in which knowledge and skills of people are transformed from generation to generation”. These factors are transferred through teaching, by conducting different research and trainings. Education is divided into various stages: pre-schools, primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and universities. It is recognized in 1966 by International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. In various countries education is compulsory for everyone. The word education is derived from the Latin word education. (OECD)

Preschools are also known as “nursery school” or “kindergarten”. It provides the education for the age groups of three-to-five year or seven-year olds. Preschool knowledge is very important for everyone because if a child does not possess the preschool knowledge, then he will remain behind the other children when they will enter into the formal education. This stage of education is prior to the compulsory education of primary stage of education. These sorts of institutions may be run by the government or may be privately owned. The Origin of this stage of education belongs to that time when education was restricted for the children who learnt education at their home then government tried to make education accessible for those children who were orphan or whose mothers were working in the factories.  Johann Friedrich Oberlin and Louise Scheppler established the institution for the pre-age children who parents were not there in 1779. Early years of life are very important for the absorption of information than the later ages. In those days, there was rapid growth of brains, so these institutions with the high-quality staff have long- term impacts on the growth of children. These institutions play their important roles in the economic, social, emotional and physical development of children. These institutions increase the skills of children regarding the team-work, awareness of world knowledge and communication skills.

Primary education comprises of the five-to-six year olds for formal education. Normally, children of five-to-six years possess this education. But their ages may vary from country to country. Overall, 89 percent of children are enrolled in the primary education whose belongs to the age group of primary educations (UN Department of Public Information). It is compulsory for all. This stage of education increases the awareness of children about various subjects. It is the source to build the foundation about science, geography, history etc. Primary educated people are not supposed to be illiterate worldwide; it is just the start of education on the basis of which further high school education will be obtained. Primary education basically allows one to understand basic needs of human beings of reading, writing, communicating.

To achieve the universal primary education by the year 2015 is the United Nations Millennium Development Goal. According to which, by the year 2015, every child in the world will achieve its primary education regardless of race or gender. According to the estimation of 2010, still there are 69 million children of this age group not going to schools. Most of these children belong to Sub-Saharan Africa. There is remarkable reduction in the gender gap from the years 1999 to 2008 (UN Department of Public Information).

The Secondary-educational stage comes after the primary education. Secondary education is also compulsory in most of the developed countries. It is also known as high-school or middle-school education. In most of the countries like England, Wales and Northern Ireland, General Certificate for Secondary education is awarded to the students of age group 14-to-16. Secondary education is followed by the tertiary or higher education. (Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator)

Secondary education is really important in career making of youth. This stage’s performance determines what higher education opportunities students are going to get and what profession they choose on the basis of their outstanding performances or aptitude for some subjects more than the others. Secondary education is also confidence booster for the students in that it feel them re-assured of their abilities and sense of belonging to the arena. People with strong secondary education are more able to go for two or more specializations.

Tertiary education is the types of formal education that varies from country to country. It includes colleges and universities. Tertiary education is not limited to the universities. Universities are the part of tertiary education. Through this education, student specializes in relevant subjects. Besides this various tertiary institutions are located in almost every country. These institutions are colleges, trainings institutions which also enhances the knowledge of individual. Various universities in most of the countries are providing the higher education to their students. There is advancement of knowledge but poor countries lack this stage of education. (The World Bank)

Tertiary education determines whether one is going to survive in its particular profession. Nowadays, students can specializes in many new areas like Actuaries, environmental scientists, computer sciences besides contemporary professions like medical, engineering and law.

Education is the technique through which people become aware of various skills. Education makes them educated and sophisticated. And it is the basic need of every country. During the early days of the history, the education system was not developed, but with the passage of time, this system became advanced because it is the need of today. (Ensuring the universal primary education till 2015 is the Millennium Development Goal of UN.) In most of the developed nations, secondary stage of education is considered compulsory but various poor countries lack this system where the large community of people is illiterate. And this is the main reason that why these countries are not developed. Every country has to focus on the advancement of education. It increases the competition amongst various countries. Children should be provided with the primary, secondary and tertiary education because the new generation is the future of the country. From the all above discussion we conclude that a student should get education step by step for the proper development of the country.

Works Cited:

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