A brief note on importance of school education

Selena Rosa^*
*Correspondence: Selena Rosa, Department of Education, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Email:

Received: 03-Mar-2022, Manuscript No. IJERR-22-57724; Editor assigned: 05-Mar-2022, Pre QC No. IJERR-22-57724 (PQ); Reviewed: 19-Mar-2022, QC No. IJERR-22-57724; Revised: 24-Mar-2022, Manuscript No. IJERR-22-57724 (R); Published: 31-Mar-2022

Description

School education is what moulds and develops a child’s personality. A decent education is essential for developing social and life skills. Nelson Mandela, the great anti-apartheid revolutionary, properly stated, “Education is the most effective weapon you can employ to change the world.” Education entails much more than high grades, renowned degrees, and a job with a large income package later in life.

Aside from adorning one’s career, school education is something that builds up the superstructure of one’s life, forms one’s life, defines one’s character, morals, ideology, principles, life skills, and all that is essential to lead a life. Several studies have indicated that fundamental education in schools is the most effective tool for developing one’s character, and that character development is the true purpose of education in every person’s life. Character development is built on six pillars: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship, all of which can only be instilled in a child through proper education. Producing kids who receive good scores is insufficient to assisting them in leading prosperous lives. As a result, more emphasis should be placed on training pupils with morals, ethics, and soft skills. These beliefs make children self-sufficient in every way, allowing them to meet life’s obstacles and contribute positively to society.

A person is described as civilized not only because of the level of knowledge he or she possesses, but also because of the composure and perseverance with which he or she interacts with society. Education is concerned not only with the acquisition of textual knowledge, but also with the exploration and grooming of personal preferences. Education is about more than just preparing for exams at the end of each class and being satisfied with the results; it also has a lot to do with your personality and perception. Since time immemorial, the importance of education in character development has been identified with academics, but with the passage of time, it has lost its meaning. People have forgotten the benefits and blessings that education may provide in addition to simply disseminating information.

In today’s world, education is viewed solely as a means of obtaining academic knowledge while ignoring the overall development that comes with it. If anyone is to blame, it is the quick generation, which only cares about the end result and pays little attention to the process. Because of the way human values are created, a person is supposed to be polite and sensitive towards societal inequalities simply because he or she has excellent academic qualifications—which has recently been demonstrated to be a fiction. Even if we state that education plays a significant role in character development, it would be meaningless without the equal engagement of both teachers and pupils. The lessons taught at school and other higher educational institutions are not in vain; all that is required is a comprehension of the hidden notion that it is attempting to transmit, which is more than just getting good grades. Education has been so commercialized that it is beyond repair. What may be done to mitigate the harm is to introduce a more humanistic curriculum and approach to meet society’s demands. As a result, children will receive not only the best educators to teach them about textual information, but also the values and ethics necessary to be a pleasant person.