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“A child without education is like a bird without wings”

  • Writer: Rishi Banshiwal
    Rishi Banshiwal
  • Oct 8, 2017
  • 3 min read

Updated: Dec 7, 2025

A Volunteer teaching children in a slum

Education: The Power That Builds People, Nations and Futures

It is universally known — but not universally lived — that education is the foundation of every great society. It is the force that breaks down the walls of inequality, dismantles discrimination, and opens doors for every child and adult regardless of race, gender, or economic background.


A nation rises not on the strength of its economy alone, but on the strength of its educated, empowered, and enlightened citizens.When education becomes a right for all, progress becomes a reality for all.


Education Is More Than Certificates — It Shapes Human Beings

Education is often misunderstood as a pathway to jobs, salaries, and qualifications. But true education goes far beyond degrees.


Education builds character. It builds conscience. It builds citizens.

A well-educated person is not someone who merely earns a high income —it is someone who can think clearly, choose wisely, act responsibly, and contribute meaningfully.

Education teaches us to:

  • distinguish right from wrong

  • make decisions that improve our lives and others’

  • become compassionate, ethical, socially aware individuals

Its first purpose is not employment —its first purpose is empowerment.


Without Education, We Are Incomplete

In today’s world, education is as essential as food, clothing, and shelter. It is no longer a luxury — it is a necessity for survival and growth.


Why?

Because education is the only tool that:

  • builds awareness

  • challenges corruption

  • reduces inequality

  • fights terrorism and violence

  • strengthens democracy

  • unlocks opportunity


It shapes not just careers, but communities.Not just intellect, but identity.Not just futures, but generations.


The Real Power of Education

Education is the most powerful tool known to humanity because it transforms individuals from the inside out. It gives:


Inner Strength

Confidence, clarity, resilience and peace of mind.


Outer Strength

Skills, opportunities, independence and economic stability.

When a person is educated, they stop depending on fate —they start building their own future.


Education frees us from exploitation, superstitions, fear, and inequality. It equips us to solve problems creatively and make decisions with wisdom. It expands our possibilities and helps us not only survive, but thrive.


The Responsibility That Comes With Being Educated

If education has given us the power to rise,then it also gives us the responsibility to lift others.

Our learning must not end with our own success. It must pass on to:

  • the child who never had a school

  • the family struggling with illiteracy

  • the community trapped in misinformation

  • the people still fighting social barriers


True education is when your knowledge becomes someone else’s hope.


When we help someone step out of poverty or break free from limitations, we become part of a larger change — a change that transforms society itself.


Education: The Key to a Better, Brighter, Freer Life

Millions of people work tirelessly every day just to secure two meals — not because they lack ability, but because they lacked access to education.

This is why education is not optional. It is the difference between:

  • dependence and independence

  • darkness and clarity

  • survival and success


Education teaches us science, math, history, and geography —but more importantly, it teaches us how to live, how to think, how to adapt, and how to rise above adversity.

It is the key that unlocks every locked door of opportunity.


Education Is Not Just Power — It Is Freedom


A truly educated society is a peaceful society.A truly educated person is a liberated person.

Let us recognise the real value of education, embrace its power, and commit ourselves to ensuring it reaches everyone —because when education spreads, hope spreads.When minds open, futures open.And when people learn, nations rise.


Education is not preparation for life —

Education is life.


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