Education involves the process by which knowledge is
transferred from one person that has already passed through the process and to
impart that ability to another who is just passing through the process.
Knowledge can be pass to student from lecturers, teachers and various scholars
which in return they will be paid for their service by their employer from the
money generated from the students.
It has been tasking and costly for people to go to schools
to learn, to be educated one has to pass through various stages of learning
from beginning till infinity. Infinity in the process that education has no
limit, getting more knowledge prompt people not to become stagnant.
Going to schools does not make a student to be educated; student must read, practice and assimilate what has been learn in class. To get knowledge there is always a price to pay and it prompt the question that is education costly? If yes.
Education can be costly in the following ways:
1. Tuition fees: The payment of tuition fees of student by
parents or guardian to the management of the school has brings out the
assumptions that education is with the dilemma of compulsory payment or the student
will forfeit there admission. Some schools collects expensive amount so as to
meet up with the cost and also to make profit and in this process the school
will have to inflate the tuition fees so as to generate excessive profit
thereby inflicting pain on parts of the parent.
2. Purchase of books: While learning it is pertinent to get
relevant materials so as to ensure effective learning. In getting books to read
so that the students can have more knowledge has prompt some schools teachers
or lecturers to inflate the price of books out of their selfish gain, sometimes
the school administrators compel the students of an institution to purchase
books or else they fail their course of study.
3. Cost of living: The high cost of living in an institution
is one of the factors that prompt the question if education is expensive. In going to school, students will be face with
problems of purchasing food, transportation, shelters, and all other basic
needs that will help them in gaining knowledge in school but due to inflation
all the need may not be met. Some student will struggle to balance there income
with their expenses so as to survive in this economic hardship.
4. Miscellaneous: There are various expenses that are not
covered in the school payment which the student has to incur in the process of
learning. Students will incur many expenses that are not budget for and this
could prompt a problem while learning because the students’ expenses could be
greater than income.
5. Cost of finance: The cost of financing the education
sector by government and the private investors is high due to the facts that
education requires a lot of money. The cost of constructing a new school or
rehabilitating the old ones is very high so private investors needs a lot of
capital to invest in the education sector. So also the government spends lots
of money in ensuring that there is a smooth operations in the education sector.
Although based on the factors explained, we can see how
costly education can be, but with all education is the key to rule the world.
Through education we can get to update our knowledge so as not to be stagnant.
All learning needs a sacrifice and after the sacrifice we need to expect
a good return so, all hand must be on deck so as to ensure good and better
education sphere.
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