EDUCATION AND ITS PURPOSE

 The information in this section will prompt you to think about some very important issues surrounding the topic of education. As global citizens of the world it is our responsibility to critically think about these issues.Most of the time when we talk about Education, we think about school.We often view school in a traditional, formal sense. Many people believe that true learning can only take place in a formal classroom setting. Others feel education occurs in many different forms and environments. There may not be a definite answer to the question of, ‘What is Education?’ However, we can start thinking about the purpose of education. Is it to teach young people to be responsible leaders,is it to build one's intelligence or for other reasons? While our answers may differ, we can perhaps agree that education is a basic human right which every citizen must not be denied of. When that right is granted, the society is likely to improve in areas such as health, nutrition and so on.Through granting of education opportunities,society will progress.One of the problems facing the society today is bad educational structure. 
      This write up will take the position that  the purpose of education is to enable individuals to reach their full potential as human beings, individually and as members of the society; this means that these individuals will receive an education which will enable them to think and act intelligently and purposefully in exercising and protecting the rights and responsibilities claimed by the declaration of independence.
      When we look at the society, we see schooling not as a neutral island separated from, but as an integral part of, society. Those in power make decisions which directly impact students and teachers daily - from salary decisions to materials to certification standards to testing.
       We live in a society which is continually evolving and yet, somehow, it has become generally accepted that schooling should not change. Many still holds expectations that "what used to work" remains appropriate. But, we are not the same, we are different.The world is different. Does one refuse to wear a pair of new shoes when one pair is worn out or out-grown? It doesn't mean the old shoes are bad, they just don't serve their purpose any longer. Critical theory and critical pedagogy are based on the premise of continual change.Perhaps, critical pedagogy will help us to prepare the citizens of tomorrow for the inevitable changes they must meet.