Role of education

“Education is the learning of knowledge, information and skills during the course of life.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education)
As it was said in the definition above Education is a process of learning, understanding and preparing for social life. But why do we need to be prepared, to learn something? If we look at the statistics, in many developed countries where literacy rate, which means “the number of literate adults expressed as a percentage of the total adult population aged 15 years and above”, we can see that a lot of students find school boring and not interesting place. And so they would rather do something else. But they are just too young to understand all the benefits which studying will give them and the society as a whole.
Every society has its own norms, values and every generation has to accept these rules in order to be a part of this society. And one of the most important functions of education, in my opinion, is preparing young people for adult life with all it’s restrictions and limitations. By studying children not only learn knowledge and basic skills to do something but also know the value consensus which is an agreement about the major values of the society. Education is a part of socialization of children.
 It is known that if the literacy rate is high, this country is less likely to have a war and conflicts among people, because they understand better than those who aren’t educated differences in views and accepts other points of view and behave in more solid way. 
Another role of the education is that schools, universities help young people understand what they would like to do in their future life and in which sphere their have more talents and abilities. As the majority of students after the school is going to work somewhere, education will direct them into the most appropriate job. It is very important to choose job which will be interesting for you, because this influences your productivity and ability to work. Someone who likes his job will be more productive and happier rather than those who don’t. And this is a benefit not only for youth but for the society as a whole, because with a greater productivity, country can increase it’s wealth and standard of living. But some children don’t study subject they want, and the reason is simply because some families can’t afford university. As in most countries high education isn’t free and it costs
Sometimes a lot it makes a big difficulties for some to continue their educational process.

But if in most developed countries parents understand benefits from the education, in some undeveloped countries people are unaware of importance of the education. As they have problems such as where to find food or needed things they are more interested in earning money in order to survive rather than in their educational status. Parents prefer their children making money in the short term over any long-term benefits of education. 

As we can see education is a process which is important not only for those who study but the whole society will have a lot of benefits from it.