There are several purposes of education. The soul purpose of education is to educate all students and give everyone
equal opportunity as a means to succeed in life. Through knowledge and skill, all individuals can achieve greatness. In addition,
common values such as punctuality, following rules, cooperation, learning to work and get along together as well as a sense of responsibility are all-important factors of education. The combinations of knowledge and skills as well as the
common values will help our young students bloom into adults and become responsible and productive citizens.
Equal opportunity to all individuals is very important in Education. It is only fair that everyone, regardless of race and ethnic background, should all have an
equal opportunity to succeed in life. A prime example of how things used to be was stated by the author, ?W.E.B. DuBois, who in 1907 co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), argued against what they viewed as a position of accommodation or compromise and protested that it was wrong for Blacks to be given only one educational direction (industrial) and Whites several? (Webb, Metha, and Jordan, 2003, p181). This is an issue t
