Learning is the key to personal advancement in life whether formal or informal. Every one deserves to be enlightened in every aspects of life and should get educated. Some people say education is a fundamental human right and not a luxury and as such it should be free for everybody regardless of their financial status. However, this essay agrees with the assertion and shall discuss exhaustively the opinion on the following premise.
Just as water is peculiar to human for survival so is education for societal advancement. Growth and enlightenment either personal or collective only comes through learning and as such people need to be offered the opportunity to acquire knowledge in order to contribute their own quota to the society, whether they can or cannot financially afford it. Take for instance, some European countries such as Finland, Germany and Norway offer all her citizens free learning in all levels of education so as to heighten the development of their economies by growing their human capital net worth. Providing people with free education will not only increase personal skills but also effect general societal growth.
Another reason for the rooting of free education for everyone is that it would bring about equality and eradicate social stratification. There is the division amongst people by the society about the level of quality of education one obtains. Although, not being looked into, it has further caused an upswing in the way people are rated. In Nigeria for example, people who cannot afford quality education are being written off by other people whose financial capacities could avail them of the luxury of higher learning. Moreover, they are not even allowed to mingle in the same socioeconomic function as their counterparts as they do not belong to the same strata hence, the continuing quest for societal validation. One way to bring about equality amongst people is to consider education a free scheme for everyone to participate in equally.
Conclusively, since education is a basic right of the people, it should be made free for every individual in the society and at every level of learning. This would give a hand in the advancement and growth of the economy as well as nose-dive the stigma of socio-economic division amongst people and further promote a peaceful living.
Learning
is the key to personal advancement in life whether formal or informal. Every one deserves to
be enlightened
in every
aspects
of life and should
get
educated.
Some
people
say
education
is a fundamental human right and not a luxury and as such it should be
free
for everybody regardless of their financial status.
However
, this essay
agrees
with the assertion and shall discuss
exhaustively
the opinion on the following premise.
Just
as water is peculiar to human for survival
so
is
education
for societal advancement. Growth and enlightenment either personal or collective
only
comes
through
learning
and as such
people
need to
be offered
the opportunity to acquire knowledge in order to contribute their
own
quota to the society, whether they can or cannot
financially
afford it. Take
for instance
,
some
European countries such as Finland, Germany and Norway offer all her citizens
free
learning
in all levels of
education
so as to
heighten the development of their economies by growing their human capital net worth. Providing
people
with
free
education
will not
only
increase personal
skills
but
also
effect general societal growth.
Another reason for the rooting of
free
education
for everyone is that it would bring about equality and eradicate social stratification. There is the division amongst
people
by the society about the level of quality of
education
one obtains. Although, not
being looked
into, it has
further
caused an upswing in the way
people
are rated
. In Nigeria
for example
,
people
who cannot afford quality
education
are
being written
off by other
people
whose financial capacities could avail them of the luxury of higher
learning
.
Moreover
, they are not even
allowed
to mingle in the same socioeconomic function as their counterparts as they do not belong to the same strata
hence
, the continuing quest for societal validation. One way to bring about equality amongst
people
is
to consider
education
a
free
scheme for everyone to participate in
equally
.
Conclusively
, since
education
is a basic right of the
people
, it should
be made
free
for every individual in the society and at every level of
learning
. This would give a hand in the advancement and growth of the economy
as well
as nose-dive the stigma of
socio-economic
division amongst
people
and
further
promote a peaceful living.