1. Should developing countries concentrate on Improving industrial skills or should they promote education first? 2. Education is a critical factor in a countrys development. Opinion is divided, however, on whether a developing country with limited resources should give priority to improving and expanding basic education for the masses or to providing a high quality tertiary education for the future leaders. Pd - Why should improve and expand basic education? - Everyone born to this world is equal and, hence, is entitled to receiving basic education. - Only by improving basic education could a poor nation encourage its people to discover their potential, which would translate into their knowledge and skills to be employed at work, thus/thereby improving productivity and , ultimately, living standards. - Its common people who make up the largest part of the workforce. - The moral question of equal opportunities for everyone. On what criteria can a young person be judged as a potential future leader or just as a common person? - Deprive the involved individual of higher education opportunity to explore his/her full potential, and might also deprive the nation of a potential clever leader. 3. Describe the major purpose of education in society. - Welleducated and good citizens. |