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In the past education was primarily to make people refined and knowledgeable, but today it (education) is expected to invite great returns in the shortest possible time.

• What in your opinion is the real role of education in today’s changing world order?
• Do you think people’s changing attitude towards education is worthwhile?


Today people look at education differently from what their counterparts did a few decades before in terms of its role. Apparently, there is great shift in their attitude towards it which, in my opinion, is rather not that encouraging, though.

Let me admit the fact that the role education is expected to play in these days of today is entirely different from what it was. Firstly, today’s education, I tend to say, needs to be empowering people according to the changes a society takes up. For example, today, the need for a decent living out of the advancements is much more important than being educated on some fields. Secondly, education must make every one become independent learners. For example, today people enjoy great possibilities for adding values to their life all by themselves. Here making them independent is more important than keeping them just informed or knowledgeable.

When it comes to the shift in people’s attitude to education, there are a few discordant notes. Primarily, education has become an investment option for many parents. For example, people go for great consultations before they decide on a course of education. This is not just in terms of employment but also in terms of say, how much is the financial outlay involved, how fast one is going to get employed, how hefty is the pay pack he or she is going to earn and so goes the list. Looking at it from a social angle, this is rather unbecoming. Every educated has a role off his or her immediate interests.

In short, change is quire human and it is need too. This is applicable to education and its role as well. But people’s changing attitude to education today does not augur well; rather it does raise a few apprehensions. I feel so.

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