Question- Explain the nature and meaning of Education in your words

Answer -

Nature of Education

The new born infant is a helpless human being. The newly born child has neither any friend nor an enemy. Apart from this, he is not aware of the social customs and traditions. Not only this, he is not even keen to achieve any ideal or value. But as he grows older, he is influenced by the informal and formal agencies of education. In this way, he develops his physical, mental and emotional self and social feelings also develop in him gradually. By and by, he develops with a sense of responsibilities like his elders and solves the problems of life successfully of his own.

In short, education develops a sense of maturity and responsibility by bringing about desired changes in him according to his needs and demands of ever-changing society, to which he is an integral part. Speaking more frankly, education bestows upon the child immense benefits. It brings up the child as the parents do. It guides him like an affectionate father and serves him faithfully like a wife. A well-educated person is well known all over the region. He is able to meet the conflicting challenges and tide over all the difficulties which confront him in his routine life.

Nature of education: Just as, on one hand, education develops to the full the personality of an individual in all the fields and aspects making him intelligent, learned, bold, courageous and possessing strong good character much in the same way, on the other hand, it contributes to the growth and development of society also. It is only through education that moral ideals and spiritual values, the aspiration of the nation and its cultural heritage is transferred from one generation to another for preservation, in other words, with the growth and development of the individual, the society also develops to higher and higher levels of attainments. Thus, education is greatly essential for the growth and development of individual as well as society.

Etymological Meaning of Education: The word 'Education' is derived from the Latin root.
The Latin word 'Educatum' means to train. 'E' means from inside and 'Duco' means to draw out, to lead out or to bring up. To combine the two, we come to mean as to draw from within. Developing this concept further we come to mean that education is simply a process which draws from within. To be more clear, each child is born with some soft of innate tendencies, capacities and inherent powers. Education is to draw out these powers and develop them to the full.

Latin words 'Educere' also mean the same thing- to bring up, to lead out and to develop etc. In this way, the word 'education' means to develop the inborn qualities of a child to the full.

From the above discussion, it is clear that education is a process of development and progress. To understand its nature and rate of progress, it is essential that one must know the data of education.

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