I shall begin my essay with a quote stated by F.S.HAYEK which says
“We shall not grow wiser before we learnt that, much that we have done what we have done was very foolish”.

Education has an immense impact on the human society. One can safely assume that a person is not in his proper senses ill he is educated. It trains the human mind to think and take the right decision.

The words ‘cultivate’ and ‘civilize’ are most synonymous to the word ‘educate’. That says it! Education is important as it teaches us the right behavior, the good manners thus making us civilized. It teaches us how to lead our lives. It is the basis of culture and civilization. It is instrumental in the development of our values and virtues. Education shapes us into mature individuals, individuals capable of planning for our futures and taking the right decisions. Education arms us with an insight to look at our lives and learn from every experience. The future of a nation is safe in the hands of educated individuals. Education is important for the economic growth of a nation. It fosters principles of equality and socialism. Education forms a support system for talents to excel in life. It is the backbone of society.

Education is important as it equips us with all that is needed to make our dreams come true. Education opens the doors of brilliant career opportunities. Every employer of today requires his prospective employees to be well educated. He requires expertise. So, education becomes an eligibility criterion for employment into any sector of any industry. We are rewarded for exercising the expertise requires for the field we venture. We are weighed in the market on the basis of our educational skills and how well we can apply them.

Schools and colleges define the basic framework of education. Schooling gives us the fundamentals, whereas we specialize in fields of our interest, during the degree courses. But education does not and here. It is a lifelong process. Self-learning begins at the point that marks the end of institutional education. The process of self-learning always continues…