Education is one of the most important tools that a society possesses. A good education is one that requires a student to be a strong individual, possess the ability to think for him or herself and have the desire to learn. Education is defined as the imparting and acquiring of knowledge through teaching and learning. Education is the most important thing that an individual can achieve in life. But some may ask what the purpose of education is? The conventional answer may be the acquisition of knowledge, the reading of books and the learning of facts.
Firstly the meaningful educational system provides an individual with the means to read, write and communicate. This is fundamental and there can be very little dispute about it. In fact there are many people throughout the Bahamas who cannot read and write that exist at the bottom of the pile. Their opportunities are limi
Knowledge is essential and is too admired, but no one can know all there is to know in the world. A good educational system enables one to enquire about these things; in addition, it enables us to ask difficult and sometimes uncomfortable questions about the nature of societies. This enquiry can begin right at the school if you are an open minded and enquiring educator. Children can and do ask very important questions and we must be able to deal with these so that we can build a society that is enquiring, evaluating and constructive.
The third purpose relates to what is exemplified around the society. The foundation of education is to explain and to enable members of society to understand the nature of its society. This means that an individual must understand society complexities because it is a complex organization. To understand these complexities an individual would a
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