The Importance Of Education In Egypt

Education is an opportunity that all people should never underestimate its countless benefits. Countries and nations have to recognize that good education is a right for all people. That is due to the fact that once people are educated, they are ready to fight poverty, unemployment, and many other hindrances. So, if you think about it, education is literally the key to progress in any country. Does Egypt’s educational system prepare us for real life experiences? Is our education free of drawbacks? Do you think in Egypt we learn best and nothing gets in the way of our learning? Personally, in Egypt, I have experienced only one percent of all the impediments that students face, and I believe that because we don’t have a suitable educational …show more content…
In Egypt, I feel that the main goal about education is just to memorize facts in order to pass an exam. Indeed, what really made me hate education at my school was that I felt that learning was a burden because I was obliged to study hard as not to fail, but as for loving what I’m doing or learning for the purpose of benefiting myself and others, this concept was not what my education provided me with. This made me always ask myself a question which is” what’s the purpose behind taking exams?’ I get it that examination is important to assure that students grasped the information, but if you think about it, you’ll find that when people watch a movie, for instance, they talk about its details with their acquaintances, which shows that they grasped that whole idea of the movie without taking a test. So, I always have this feeling that exams are not necessary because if we love what we’re doing, we will be willing to learn without having someone checking our performance. In fact, in Finland, the education there is mainly about teaching children how to learn, but not how to take tests. That’s why schools in Finland don’t have mandated standardized tests except for one before graduation. What’s also interesting is that Finland has one of the most successful educational systems in the world. That means that having no exams could be one of the solutions that can make …show more content…
That shows us that they don’t teach us all what we need to know for our future life. In fact, Work will definitely not ask us whether we passed our exams or not, acquiring certain skills is what employers are looking for; employers want workers who have practical intelligence, which includes things like” knowing what to say to whom, knowing when to say it, and knowing how to say it for maximum effect”. In other words, practical intelligence is all about the social and communication skills that play a major role in all careers. Extracurricular activities such as social clubs are one of the things that help students in developing their practical intelligence. For instance, I’m a reception member in CIMUN, and part of my duty is to get food deals in different cafes and restaurants; this somehow gives me an insight into how I have to deal with those who already have established businesses. But the drawback in our education is that these activities are optional, which makes most of the students sacrifice them because they don’t have time to balance between their workload and these activities. So, why don’t our universities make these activities part of our education? In addition to learning knowledge, I believe that having real life experiences concerning our majors will add to our educational