BY WASIM SAJAD

A BIG NO TO “EDUCATION TO EARN ONLY”

Education has always been replete at fostering the sense-based consciousness and discipline among the dwellers of

this very planet. Since the time immemorial, people have used the education for diverse purposes, which in turn reflect

the conditions and requirements at that particular time. The epoch we are living in , has got a sort of complicated

scenario. On one side, the education is being promoted by never ending researches and discoveries, while the other

side behaving in much detrimental way -that is “Education to earn only”

Very rarely there are found ones having been committed to the idea of “Education to Develop”. The foremost

importance in this case goes to the environment -the natural laboratory facilitating the students. Most of the students
and parents keep on following the traditional way and completely deny the idea of acceptance. The getting rid of such

circumstances become difficult once one enters such environment. Hence, they keep on practicing the same ways until

there remains no more than just “Atlas”.

Education to develop covers diverse fields, as to become a good citizen, to become economically stable, to make

a corruption free state and more important, to serve the humanity. A person keen enough to get education, keeping the

above all purposes in mind and having tolerance and devotion, will undeniably flourish himself and the society day by

day. However, the paramount purpose, in my eyes, should be to benefit the humanity -that’s why we were created

“Ashraf Ul Makhtuqat”.

We can never ever gainsay the purpose of education -to become economically stable or Education to Earn . No one

should be skeptical about being economically stable when he or she is having the sweetgoing
studies. Your commitment and devotion will automatically pave the path to gain enough
wealth, hence leading prosperous life. Here also arises the question that “What if someone
is feared of the expenses of education?”. This, I think, is much blatant excuse ,as there are a
lot of opportunities for economically much weaker students to read in as high institutions.
Furthermore, I am sure that nothing will dare to combat the keenness of a student, rather
every stage will be welcoming him or her.

In Pakistan, especially in remote areas like Chitral, the idea of “Education to Earn only”
is on the peak. You will find majority of the people gibers, when you will be talking about
“Education to Develop”. When I asked a reverend of my village to educate his son, the
answer was very shocking. He answered in two sentences. Firstly, we do not have enough
financial resources and secondly, many of the educated persons are found jobless and are
leading downgraded lives. I prepended for a while and succinctly gave him the idea of
keenness for studies. The solution of problems like this should be the great concern of the
Government and Non- Government Organization to deal with.

There are some reasons behind the idea of “Education to earn Only”.

The foremost reason goes on the side of the government. If not the whole
country, the government should at least facilitate the students belonging to the outskirt
areas of the country. This will undeniably foster the interests of the students and will mark
the instigation of much prosperous era.

The second paramount reason goes on the side of students themselves.

Majority of the students are found keen to just pass the exams, no matter whatever grade
they are placed in. hence the parents goad them to quit the further studies and go for some
other fields. This reason, in turn, keeps some sub reasons. One is that of the worst
environment, which the student become the part of. The second sub reason is the
escalating use of unnecessary things like mobiles, internet, and so on.

To avoid the above issues, all of us should be snubbed enough to the idea of “Education to
Earn Only” and should be loyal enough to the idea of “Education to Develop”. The students
should come up fully to the expectations of their parents and others. Besides the
government and non- government organizations should play fair play role to support the
deserving students and to make the people aware of the diverse purposes of Education…