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Should Education Be Free

Education is an important part of human’s life. Prophet Muhammed (SAW) said “a father gives his children nothing good than a good education”. This Hadith enlightens the importance of education. The secret behind the growth of any nation is education. After knowing the importance of education, it is our responsibility to spread it. It is a Hadith that acquire knowledge and impart it to others.

Every one should gain knowledge as it enables growth and development. In our country Pakistan, 25 million children are not going school because they are economically instable and their parents cannot afford to pay fees of school. In Pakistan schools provide low quality education at high cost. There should be 96 percent literacy rate in a country like Pakistan but literacy rate of Pakistan is 62.8 percent which is very low as compare to the other world. Over 60 percent population of Pakistan lives in rural areas where illiteracy is very common.  The main reasons behind illiteracy in rural areas are poverty, costly education and unawareness. Uneducated rural and urban population greatly affects the economy of Pakistan.

Now have a look on the world. The countries which provide free education have high literacy rate such as Finland, Germany, Norway, Denmark, etc. The average literacy rate of these countries is 99.68 percent. IMF and OECD have proved these countries having strong and rich economy. The reason behind their success is free education.

Free education has many merits. If there is free education more people will go to educational institutes and get education. It will reduce unemployment, uplift the standard of living and ultimately will boost the economy of a country. Further it will reduce crime rate, drug addiction and other social evils. Education also reduces inequality and poverty.

In a nutshell, education plays a crucial role in country’s development.  Every citizen has a basic right to have an access to the quality education. That is why education should be free for all so that those poor children who cannot afford costly education  may  go to school and gain knowledge.