Education

Education, One of the most uttered words of today's world due to it's magical pull that can a drive a nation to it's peak point of development has many meanings in various contexts. Every literature has it's own meaning for this stupendous term. While some definitions are very practical there are some which are highly philosophical. No wonder, In spite of knowing, talking and discussing so much about this term "Education", when we are confronted with few questions like "Being a literate, would it mean a person to be educated?" or "A girl married at a tender age say 18 or so, is she missing education?" or "The children who roam on streets while they should have been in schools, are they really missing something?",And then, we usually get back to sit and think about what Education really is. And the schools out there, are they really imparting education? All my search told me that no one knows completely about this subject though there are people who have genuinely attempted to define it after learning the lessons of life. And here are the few best definitions about Education that I have found which almost answered my queries. Tried to write some commentary for these pieces, then rewritten them and finally deleted as the commentary is no match for these wonderful definitions.

1. Education is the ability to meet life’s situations. - Dr. John G. Hibben

2. Education is the ability to become self- dependent and then helping others. –unknown

3. The sole purpose of education is developing concentration- unknown. (Or) “The great aim of education is not knowledge but action” – Herbert Spencer.

4. Education that doesn’t build character isn’t education.- Unknown

5. (“What is uneducation?”) Those people who think only of themselves are hopelessly uneducated.- Dr Nicholas Murray Butler.