The Rewards of Education

When we are talking about literacy, it goes beyond the ability to read and write. In contemporary times, literacy span across many different fields of life. There is what we called computer literacy which is concerned with the ability to use the computer, to be knowledgeable about computer processes and how to do some common tasks on the computer. Literacy has also spanned through many forms such as functional literacy, basic literacy etc.

The most basic institution where literacy is being imparted is the school. The school serves as an educational ground for different types of learning. The advantages of being educated is too way numerous that it cannot be overemphasized. Education helps to be well responsible and live right in the community or society we find ourselves. Education helps people to optimize their minds in making the best out of themselves.

Talking about illiteracy, there are many reasons why people still wallow in the mud of illiteracy. For some people especially children, lack of family support can be cause of illiteracy. It's well obvious that education is not free as it requires spending because one has to go to school to become educated and that requires funds. A child that comes from a poverty stricken family may find it difficult to go to school. In other way, lack of family support as one of the causes of illiteracy may not necessarily based on the funds for education. Sometimes a child deficiency probably in academics may be seen as a hindrance to his or her academic progression in the parents' eyes and may not be motivated to send such child to school.

Literacy may not thrive in a place where there is lack of awareness, most especially in rural areas. When people are not given the necessary awareness on why education is needed or important to acquire, such people may not understand why it is important for them to go to school thereby making the level of illiteracy to be higher.

ADVANTAGES OF BEING EDUCATED.

Being literate or educated has a lot of benefits to whoever is educated. While most believed that by going to school and being educated will help them acquire good jobs and live the best life. Although it's not a bad idea, however being educated goes more and far beyond that idea. Education opens us to a world of many possibilities and enlarge our minds. It helps us to think in an optimal way. Education helps us to explore many things. Uneducated people may be narrow minded but educated people have a broad mind. They can pick opportunities and utilize it more better than those who are not educated.

Literacy improves self esteem as an educated people are not looked down upon anywhere they find themselves. Being literate or educated helps people to be empowered in order to become socio-economically self reliant. They boost the economy of their location through the economic activities they engage in. The economic rewards of education is great. Increasing individual's income and economic growth are some of the economic rewards because education has been proven to be one of the major determinant of individuals' income simply because the more people have access to knowledge, the more they engage in productive activities that boost a nation's economy.