Good Speech “Has education become an ongoing process?”

In the past, education was pursued either as a formality or just to meet the criteria for job, and now, it has become an ongoing process. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

In today’s era, man can stand nowhere without education. I certainly agree that now education has become a lifelong process.

In the past, the pace of life was slow. People were contended with their lives. Farming was the main occupation in those times, which needed no formal education. As technology came in and industries developed, people started gaining qualifications for different types of jobs. Even with this competition was less as the population was less. People believed in lifelong jobs and used to remain at one job till they got retired. Gradually, the scenario changed, and with this, the concept of education too.

At present, the importance of education has increased and even the bachelor’s degrees do not hold much value. If a person wants a better job, he has to go for further education and extra qualifications. Today, people aim for a luxurious life and hence go for specialized skills, seeking bright future prospects. Education does not leave them even if they wish. In this age of globalization, they need to learn different languages. They also have to be aware of new technology and its use. In a way, education has gone beyond degrees. Different companies hold training programmes and workshops for skill improvement and upgrading. Employees attend them either willingly or under compulsion to remain competent. Sometimes the field itself demands an individual’s effort to expand his knowledge. Let us take IT field for instance. Fast developments in hardware, software and programming keep the IT professionals on their toes. It is obvious that those who keep on upgrading themselves or gain education as per the requirements of work can secure their jobs. Multi-skilled people are preferred as companies want a single employee to handle a variety of jobs.

I believe that as career consciousness has increased, people have easily accepted the need of taking education seriously and making it a lifelong process.