Education is the process of acquiring knowledge and skill that help you to cope with the issues that face one in life. Education can be formal, non-formal and informal. Formal education has a designed official curriculum and start from nursery, prim, sec, and university for Kenya. It has an organized structure such as classrooms and labs. Non-format education occurs when there is no achievements of certain goals for example, in 4k club, craft centers. Informal education is the traditional form of education for example, in African tradition. It was not written down.
Education forms an important part of our life. The main purpose of education is gain knowledge and acquire technological competency it is a mean of developing oneself physical, mentally and socially. It instills knowledge and skills to the learner. Many think that we learn so that we can get jobs with high pays. It is true to some extent at it has some more importance. Education helps solve issues that affect us in our lives. It helps us make informed decisions. The leaning and gaining of knowledge is not only based on schools texts. Every experience in life is learning in its special way. Education is a lifelong process.
Education helps up value human rights. It helps us to see women as human being and not lesser beings in the society. Educated people will view those with disabilities as people with abilities and not curse from the gods. It opens our minds to the world and we can appreciate others regardless of their gender, race, and physical conditions.
It helps up improve our moral values and religious values. You are taught that talking while chewing is bad manners. It improves our self-respect. We respect ourselves so that we can respect others. We are able to appreciate and respect our cultures.
Education makes us better citizens. It opens our minds and expands our horizon so that we understand our duties as citizens of Kenya. Educated people make better citizens who obey the law and the rights of others and protect the environment.
