Importance of Education

We all know the importance of education in our daily lives. While elementary or primary education is more important for us now than never before, drawing a line between primary education and higher education is no less important either. According to me, primary education is a necessity rather than a luxury; on the other hand, higher education is useful only when students pursue it with personal interest, zeal and relentless vigor. Only those people with personal interest will be able to cope up with intricacies and nuances of higher education. Moreover, establishing modern educational facilities for higher studies is a costly affair for the government. Hence it is imperative for universities to be more vigilant while admitting students, and only those who meet or surpass their admission criteria should be admitted.

We can take a horse to water but can’t make it drink. It is equally useless to give an admission to a student who is not interested in higher education. Although not interested, some students may join universities because of the pressure from their family and relatives In addition, these uninterested students, may become a thorn in the flesh of those who are not only curious but also excited about the prospects of higher studies . Stringent admission criteria help universities authorities to filter these applicants and foster enthusiastic students to continue with their higher education.

Yesterday, I read that it costs about $200000 to establish a university. Federal Government is using tax-payer’s money either to establish new universities or to equip old universities with modern and state of art research facilities. All these huge amounts of tax-payer’s money go in drain, if uninterested students or academically poor students are accepted into the universities.

Our earlier achievements act as a catalyst to our future endeavors. Successfully meeting all the stringent admission criteria and getting an