Education and skill are two sides of the same\ncoin. To succeed in the race of life, a person needs to have a degree of\neducation along with the skill. Education without the skill would be as empty\nas the skill without education. Both need to go hand in hand in order to\ncorroborate the concept of the survival of the fittest. Education is nothing\nbut the certified documentation of the skill within the individual. Every\nperson having the skill may not manage to attain the education. Similarly,\nevery degree holder is not necessarily skilled. The requirement of education or\nskill depends upon the organisation, the nature of post etc. Education gives an\nauthentic certificate that the person applying for the post is having the\nknowledge of the work requirement and the ability to manage the functioning and\njustify the post. Education makes a person more confident in his approach and\noutlook. These things are an essential part of the personality development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The great people in history were all skilled\npeople, but they did not have any certificate regarding their knowledge. In\nthis context, it is the skill which attracts the employers, clients and\nmanagement which select or drops the person and helps him attain success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Einstein said, \u201cImagination is more important\nthan knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world\u201d. All the\nknowledge in the world is useless unless you are able to use information in\ncreative ways. Knowledge is what other people have created. Understanding is\nall about what you think about something. Everybody
\nsees, hears, feels, and thinks differently. No two people in the world have the\nsame understanding of the same thing. It is impossible to take tests on a point\nof view. Because of this, tests are illogical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The only reason why tests exist is to label\nstudents as \u2018smart\u2019 or \u2018stupid\u2019. There are many kinds of intelligence, however.\nUnfortunately, tests only measure one type of intelligence. In the modern\nworld, skills are more important than knowledge. If a person knows many facts,\nit is impressive, but not very useful. It is of much greater importance to be\nable to find information quickly, organise that information, analyse and\nunderstand the main ideas, put different pieces of information together and\ncreate new information. Together these skills make what we call information\nmanagement and innovation, the skills which are most desired in the business\nworld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Education for the sake of attaining a degree is\nnot desirable considering the increase in educated unemployment in the country\nwhich calls for a greater reflection at what guides the aims and objectives of\neducation at individual and national levels. Attaining a degree is surely a\nsign of formal education but merely attaining a degree no more guarantees\nindividual growth, social stability or financial security. While the need for\nskill inculcation has always found space in various educational policy\ndocuments churned out in the country since Independence, current discussions in\nthe arena of both
\nschool education and higher education have increasingly emphasised\noutcome-based learning leading to skill development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Education and particularly higher education must\nrespond to a broader set of goals and must necessarily
\nhelp learners in attaining larger ideas of life. Its role in nation-building\nand human progress should be acknowledged and must not be overlooked. Though\nskill education is important, higher education must be meant for knowledge
\nacquisition, generation, creativity and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Education for the sake of knowledge and its\ncreation leading to self-actualisation of learners must be at the heart of\nlonger goals of learning, which must also reflect in its finer objectives. It\nmust not only correspond to the individual, communal, domestic or national\nneeds but also effectively respond to global reality and aspirations of the\nlearners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\na nutshell, attaining a degree is a sign of formal education but it no more\nguarantees individual growth, social stability or financial security. Skill\neducation is need of the hour for outcome-based learning that responds to\nglobal reality and the learner\u2019s aspiration. Hence, we can summarise by saying\nthat education is the first step in the\nladder of skills which leads to success\nin life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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