speech of 250 words on EDUCATION GIVES ONE POWER
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We hear people imposing on education, we see people commenting on education, but do we really know what all education can do?
Education is not just about getting a degree to show to the entire world of how competent you are. Education plays a very crucial role in your life. Education is confidence, because of which you can stand in front of millions and put your words without fear. Education gives you the strength to stand tall. Education fills you with joy when you learn something. Education gives you the courage to fight all odds. Education makes you wise so that you can easily differentiate between good and bad and last but not the least education helps you identify who you really are.
Education hones your personality, your skills, the way you think, and the way you react. Education is a journey from insanity to sanity, from dark to light. Education defines you, it’s who you are, your stand on different issues. Education gives you the power to think to be the change you want. Education believes in no boundaries, in no castes, in no religions, in no gender. Education is like a bright sunshine which brightens up your entire life and never discriminates in whomsoever taking from its light.
But have really been able to achieve all this?
There are honor killings happening in the 21st century, students die every other day out of the depression and pressure because of the hectic schedule at school, is the schedule really hectic or is there something else that is wrong which we haven’t been able to figure out just as yet?
There is terrorism in the name of religion, does that even sound reasonable? There are a hundred thousand education schemes, government schools, primary education mandation but the child labor doesn’t cease to plague the society.
In a long long time we haven’t heard of any technological advancements or a drug for the cure of diseases which are incurable despite of the fact that we have the maximum amount of turnover in terms of doctors and engineers.
Why haven’t we been able to exploit education to its core value? Why have we not been able to achieve a holistic understanding of what the word essentially means? It is high time we answer these questions!
We should understand, value the power of education and appreciate how it turns a coal into a bright shining diamond.
An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don’t.
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Education is the most empowering force in the world. It creates knowledge, builds confidence, and breaks down barriers to opportunity.
For children, it is their key to open the door to a better life.
However, it is a sad reality of our world today that millions of children will never receive this key.
They are destined to stay locked in cycles of disadvantage and poverty.
I think Malala described this heart-wrenching situation best when she said:
“In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It’s their normal life. But in other parts of the world, we are starving for education … its like a precious gift. Its like a diamond”.
This cannot continue.
All children deserve to receive the ‘precious gift’ of education. In fact, we have promised to give it to them. It is time to deliver.
Under the Sustainable Development Goals, the blue print for progress the whole world has agreed, we are committed to give all children an inclusive and quality education by 2030.
To get the 263 million children currently out of school, back in.
To make sure the 130 million children currently reaching Grade 4 without learning basic reading and maths skills, become masters of both.
To stop girls being excluded, or married off.
Right now, one girl under 15 is married every 7 seconds. They should be starting a new year of school, not starting a new life of disadvantage.
I know this sounds a bit bleak. But we have to face up to the fact that we are in the midst of an education crisis and are running well behind on our promise to the world’s children.
I have just returned from the World Economic Forum in Davos where I gave world leaders this same message.
However, instead of acting fast to address this crisis, our efforts are slowing down. Development dollars spent on education have declined in the past decade — from 13 per cent to 10 per cent since 2002.
The challenge is also not getting any easier. Two billion jobs will be lost to automation by 2050. Access to quality education will therefore be even more critical to prepare young people for the challenges of a changing world.
If we continue with our glacial pace of action, up to half of the world’s 1.6 billion children will still be out of school or failing to learn by 2030, and we would need an extra 50 years to reach our global education goals.
Yet, as we face up to this crisis, we should not be tempted to despair.
We can turn things around if we are prepared to step up now.
I am proud to be part of group doing just that, the Education Commission. We are a group of government, business and cultural leaders who have produced a roadmap for how we can live up to the education promise we have made under the global goals.
A vision for how to create a Learning Generation.
It will not be easy to achieve. But, it can be done.
We know this is possible because a quarter of the world’s countries are already on the right path.
This top 25 per cent are already delivering. They are improving their education systems fast and equipping their children with the skills they need for the future.
What we have to do now is focus more effort on the remaining 75 per cent of countries that are not yet hitting the mark.
In these countries, we have to dramatically scale up investment in education systems to improve both the availability of education, but just as importantly, education quality.
To achieve this, the Education Commission report calls for a Financing Compact. The Financing Compact means that countries commit to invest and reform.
In return, the international community offers leadership and education finance, and both are held accountable for their commitment.
To fulfil the compact, countries need to take on four education transformations.
First, performance. This is about putting results front and centre. Successful education systems must invest in what works.
Second, innovation. We must develop new and creative approaches. Education systems must innovate rather than just replicate.
Third, inclusion. We must reach every last child.