Adult education

Adult education is of utmost importance. It offers numerous advantages to the adults who were deprived of the right to education during their childhood as well as the nation as a whole. Many countries have started the initiative to educate the adults of their country and are working hard to encourage them in this direction.

In a country like India where illiteracy is considered to be one of the main problems, adult education is helping in increasing the literacy rate of the country. Many adults are enrolling for adult education in order to attain a degree and do better in life.

It goes without saying that education is the stepping stone for development of any nation. When the people of a nation are educated, it stands a greater chance of development. Adult education is increasing the number of educated, learned and skilled professional which is impacting the development of our nation in a positive way. It is the illiterate and unemployed people who mainly engage in various criminal activities such as pick-pocketing, robbery and rape. Adult education gives them a chance to get educated and acquire skills which in turn opens the door of employment for them.

Educated adults can certainly nurture their children better and thus shape better youth. A person who is uneducated can never understand the value of education. Most of the times, such people do not even encourage their children to seek education. They engage them in work from an early age and ruin their life.

Adult education gives a chance to learn and expand knowledge which in turn provides better job opportunities. Better job opportunity means better purchasing capacity and a better lifestyle.

Women in the earlier times were confined to the kitchen and other household tasks. Little girls in many areas and communities of India are still confined to the households. They grew up to be vulnerable adults who are dependent on the male members of the family. Adult education programs are an opportunity for them to take charge of their lives and become self-dependent.

Thus, adult education offers various advantages such as women empowerment, better lifestyle, reduction in the crime rate, increase in literacy rate and overall development of the country.