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Importance Of Education In A Countrys

Progress
Human beings today need to have a specific set of skills to survive in this competitive world
as well as progress. This set of skills can be referred to as Education.
Education is important for a country to grow. Whether it is economically or socially,
education plays a vital role in the growth of these two important factors.
Here are some important ways in which education helps in a countrys progress.
Education helps people become better Citizens:
Educated people are aware of the socio-economic scenario of the country and can help in the
progress of the country. Whether it is a simple thing like using water sparingly or taking a bus
to work instead of using the bike or car in order to save fuel, the educated mass somehow or
the other knows how to contribute towards the countrys well-being. One of the reasons for
their awareness is because they have been taught these values in school, colleges and work
places.
People who arent educated dont have clues about these facts as they havent been in a
learning environment.
Education Shows The Importance Of Voting:
Education helps to decide whom to vote in order to make a difference in the economy of a
country positively. Being educated helps in deciding why to vote for a particular party over
the other. Uneducated people are unaware of the importance of choosing the right people to
vote for. Hence, being educated shows us the importance of voting.
Education helps in getting Jobs:
It goes without saying that unless a person is educated, he or she cannot get a worthwhile job.
Unemployment is a serious obstacle in the development and progress in a countrys economic
status, thus posing a hindrance to the growth of the nation. The economic status of so many
countries in the world is pathetic, due to the lack of educated people who do not possess
adequate skills and thus are unemployed.
Education helps Single Mothers:
Single mothers who arent educated cannot get a decent job to support their children, which is
a necessity in their situations. Being educated can help a single mom find jobs as well as
make them aware of certain schemes such as child support benefits and ways to reach for such
benefits like a csa phone number child support agency to contact the agencies that offer such
help. This can help them in better upbringing of their children, thus helping them to become
responsible citizens of the country.

Importance of Education to Nations


The importance of education to nations. Examining the relevance of education to
every society. | Source

Introduction
What are the relevance of education to the society?
Is education of any importance or benefit to nations or the world? Before the introduction of
education, much research has been carried out on its value. Some nations would not have
attained the level of development they settle at without education of any kind. I wonder how
developed countries in Europe would have been without sound education. It is eye opener and
beginning of success to all nations. Education is like a mirror through which nations see their
images. Do you think Spain would have been so good today without education? How do you
think Great Britain will be without education? In the past years, Britain came to Nigeria and
colonized the country and they rule Nigeria for many years. These colonial masters to Nigeria
discovered crude oil in the country and transported it to their country for refining and use.
After some years, Nigeria gained independence from the Britain. Nigeria was independent
from them in the year 1960. Britain used the petroleum they discovered in Nigeria for
building of their nation and also sold to other countries. They were able to know that crude oil
existed in Nigeria because they were educated. Nigeria did not know there was anything like
crude oil in their country because there was no education in the country during those days.
Some importance of education to nations includes technological growth, crime reduction,
agricultural improvement, health improvement, good leadership, industrialization and easy
life.
What is the importance of education?
Technological growth: Nations have attained great mark in technology because education
opened their eyes and made them reason in diverse angles for the betterment of lives.
Technology is taught to students in school where they go and learn great technical skills. The
automobiles, computers, electrical appliances and other products of technology are made
possible in life of today because of education. Education standard improves from day-to-day
and the more it improves, the more growth we have in technology. The kind of cars in use in
the present world is not the same with those used in 1990s because there is improvement in
education. Technological growth started in Africa since the advent of education. It is good
evidence that show the importance of education to technological growth is not just a 'tall
story'. Students are taught how to reason critically in schools. This brings about the
advancement in use of resources around us to produce good things. It is good to point out the
person that discovered one of the most popular social media network called

Education and Crime Reduction


Education as a factor that reduces crime in every society. An educated person
have many opportunities and direct his eyes out of crime. | Source

Crime reduction: This is another importance of education to nations. How can education
reduce crime? A reader of this article may be confused when the introductory part of this page
included 'crime reduction' as one of the educational importance to nations. People separate
themselves from crime because they were taught the consequences of any committed crime.
These punishments of any offense make many to detach from anything that will lead them to
crime. Again, with education, people learn to be disciplined and say no to any kind of crime.
Education provides employment for the masses. I do not think that any who is employed and
paid well in return will have time to start thinking of one crime he will commit or the other to
make money. Based on observations, countries that are more educated have less crime rates
when compared with undereducated ones.
Agricultural development: Agricultural improvement is attainable with education. Education
has lead to great improvement in the yield of agricultural products. It is through education that
crossbreeding was introduced to enhance the yield and varieties of agricultural products. It is
of no doubt that crossbreeding of crops has made many types of fruits available to the masses.
It is in institutions of learning that students are taught how to crossbreed. Again, it was
through educational research on plants that crossbreeding came to existence. Today, people
make choice on the kind of crossbreed crops they want to eat in order to promote their health.
Nations have varieties of plants at their reach and feed the masses with crops which are
products of crossbreed. The kind of farming tools that were used long time ago for farming is
entirely different. Which kind of agricultural tools were used in 500BC? Can you compare
those tools with those one used in the modern world? Education made people to reason
beyond and start manufacturing machines for farming instead of making use of crude
materials or human labor. With the help of newly produced machines, people can practice
farming with less stress. This makes food to be available to nations and surpluses remain in
return.
Health Standard: Education improves the health status of people. How many medical
doctors do we have when there was no place where people are taught how to read, write and
make changes? I asked the question because I am sure that popularity of medical doctors is as
a result of education. Medical doctors who are its product promote health of people by
prescribing suitable drugs for patients. What of the drug sold to the sick? The pharmacists are
the people that produce drugs and they were taught how to produce these helpful solids and
liquids in their colleges and universities. A person who feels as if his head wants to burst can
become normal within few seconds with the aid of drug. The citizens of nations live healthy

because of medical doctors and pharmacists who were made through education. Let me tell
you, cut off education from nations and the nations become nothing but empty vessels. The
advanced medical instruments used in hospitals are as a result of how students are taught to
go into good and improved production. This teaching results to user-friendly equipment of
which that even a layman can make use of them. The newly invented automated blood
pressure monitor can easily be used than the analogue one.
Leadership: Education teaches people on how to be good leaders in their individual societies.
Many leadership programs are offered in many institutions of learning. These are also
included in course outline of some departments and taken as one of the most serious part of
the semester courses. I want to inform you that any student that learn and practices what he is
taught on leadership skill will take his or her country to higher level when voted into
leadership position. The present governor of my state, Anambra, Nigeria, is doing well and
improving all sectors because he was trained educationally on how to lead his people well.
How do you think any leader can exchange information with people from other countries
when he is not educated? How do you think he can learn new leadership skill when he is
called for conference without education? In fact, education is needed for good leadership in
every nation.

Education and Industrial Growth


Education brings about industrial growth and it is remarkable importance . |
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Industrial growth: There is growth in industrialization because of education. This is the good
handiwork of the teaching given to students from various parts of the world and the industrial
sector would not have achieved this great result without the learning. Many nations make
good profits from the goods produced by their industrial sector and use them in their national
building. People are able to work in these industries because they were educated on how to
operate industrial machines. It is through the trainings given to these people that make them to
operate the machines effectively and have huge yield in return. What of the proportion of
chemicals that are mixed in these industries before the desired products are obtained? Where
and how these industrial workers did learned how to proportionally add them? The answer
lies in no other place but in education. No nation can attain great industrial development
without education. I know very well that growth of industrial sector of my country began
when education was embraced by my national leader.
Invention: People live and enjoy life because of education. Do you think I lied? I will give a
typical example with the life of Alexander Graham Bell, who invented telephone. Bell began
to think of how to invent what people can use to communicate to one another even when they
are from far positions. He was a student when he began this thinking. Education sharpened his
mentality and that was why he thought in that direction. Telephone reduces stress of
transporting from one car to another in order to pass information across. People can be in
Congo and easily send information to somebody in China within few seconds with the help of

telephone call. This is the information that can be conveyed in two to three days now made
successful within few seconds. Medium of transportation is made possible with the help of
training obtained in schools. People now fly through the air to another country because of
education. It is through education that people were taught how to manufacture planes and
other machines that transport people through the air.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the importance of education to nations has been properly discussed on this
page. I wish to inform you that the importance of education to nations is many, but these are
among the series. Finally, its importance to nations as conveyed on this write-up are
technological growth, crime reduction, improvement in agriculture, healthy leadership, good
industrial growth, improved health status of nations and improved system of living.

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