Introduction I am going to write about how education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world and what I think about it. Education is a powerful weapon but only if you can use it for a good use. For example Mahatma Gandhi: he was very educated. He went to
Year: 2011
Only The Educated Are Free
Epictetus, the famous Greek philosopher rightly stated that only the educated are free. Education and freedom are no doubt closely connected. The process of training, teaching and learning contributes in no small way to the development of human beings, societies and the world at large. It is therefore not uncommon to find schools and institutions
Only The Educated Are Free
I was never a good listener in my youth, but there is one thing I will always remember my grandfather said to me: knowledge is power. It meant little to me then it seemed a standard statement said often to motivate students. Only later in my teenage years did I begin to really understand. It
‘The state should encourage access to private education.’
Before discussing the role that private education can play in the context of developing countries, I find it useful to start with the definition of the term ‘developing countries’ from different perspectives. For instance, Dove (1986, p.2) presumes that ‘developing countries’ are those countries with high averages of population and illiteracy, and who need a
‘Illiteracy as a hindrance to development.’
WHO ARE THE ILLITERATE ONES? Education is the bedrock of every society. It is a foundation on which this structure called society is laid. Without a foundation no structure will ever stand. A society standing or built on illiteracy will always topple over. When it crashes, rebuilding it takes much longer than it would have
Essentials of Existence
“Only the educated are free.” Epictetus Epictetus could have afforded to believe so. Education freed him from a slave’s life to that of a multiple-disciple-d-philosopher. How much the knowledge or possession of information does free us, is a question I’ve often pondered over, in my most analytical moods. There are phases, yes; phases when you