Education & Academics , Are They The Same?
Over the years, many people especially Nigerian students and graduates have confused education with academics. Even though they are related but they are quite different from each other. Education goes far beyond academics. Academics is a subset of education or can be regarded as a subsidiary of education.
Education is the process of imparting and acquiring knowledge and skills for the purpose of developing the society. That is why it is easy to spot the difference between an educated person and an illiterate. It is not necessary to see an educated person in working as an accountant, banker, engineer etc. Sometimes you may find him as a shoe maker, butcher, fashion designer etc. But what will make a difference between him and an illiterate is the packaging and quality of his business and product.
For instance, an illiterate shoe maker operates in a small shop and sometimes at the roadside. But an educated shoe maker will operate in his own established office, and his shoes sometimes can be competitive with international brands e.g Shoespeed International, the CEO is a graduate of Accounting from University of Lagos (UNILAG) and he manufactures shoes of high quality. And some times you see him advertising his shoes on social media. That is a difference between him an an illiterate roadside shoemaker.
Academics, as a subset of education, is the process of knowledge for the purpose of making excellent grades while in school. Academicians are either graduates with first class and second class upper. But at the end, they later end up not becoming first class personalities. They later end up not making impact in organizations they find themselves even the society as a whole.
The point is that education is not for the purpose of making 'As' in schools especially in the tertiary institutions but to improve and make impact in the society with the knowledge acquired.
For instance Microsoft is a result of the knowledge Bill Gates acquired at Harvard University. Even though he dropped out, he still practised what he learnt in school and that he established Microsoft. Today, the world cannot do without Microsoft especially computer users in terms of windows like 7,8 and 10, Microsoft word, Microsoft excel etc. That is an example of education.
Also, Mark Zuckerberg established Facebook with the knowledge of ICT he acquired at Harvard University just like Bill Gates. Today over one billion people across the world make use of Facebook.
Mark Stevens, established TREVO with the knowledge of nutritional science he studied in the university. And he practised the acquired knowledge by making a research on various fruits and sea products that can be combined and processed together to produce a medicinal liquid that could cure his mother when she was ill.
He later discovered them and was able to cure his mother and also used the opportunity to market his knowledge and product in the United States.
Today, Trevo is one of the medicinal product that is capable of curing any disease.
This is to conclude that education is ahead of academics. There is nothing bad in you becoming the best student in an institution or in any field of study, but ask yourself what impact can you make in the society with the knowledge you acquired from that field.
Nowadays business organizations hype brilliant students and they later get disappointed when they see that they have nothing to offer to the growth and development of their organizations with their brilliance.
The society will celebrate you not only because of the fact that you are brilliant but for the fact you are able to solve it problems.
And business organizations will not employ you because you have the highest CGPA , but for the fact that you will be able to offer solutions to the problems associated with their growths and developments.
This brings me to the final conclusion that " the society does not need your grades, it needs your impact".
Education is the process of imparting and acquiring knowledge and skills for the purpose of developing the society. That is why it is easy to spot the difference between an educated person and an illiterate. It is not necessary to see an educated person in working as an accountant, banker, engineer etc. Sometimes you may find him as a shoe maker, butcher, fashion designer etc. But what will make a difference between him and an illiterate is the packaging and quality of his business and product.
For instance, an illiterate shoe maker operates in a small shop and sometimes at the roadside. But an educated shoe maker will operate in his own established office, and his shoes sometimes can be competitive with international brands e.g Shoespeed International, the CEO is a graduate of Accounting from University of Lagos (UNILAG) and he manufactures shoes of high quality. And some times you see him advertising his shoes on social media. That is a difference between him an an illiterate roadside shoemaker.
Academics, as a subset of education, is the process of knowledge for the purpose of making excellent grades while in school. Academicians are either graduates with first class and second class upper. But at the end, they later end up not becoming first class personalities. They later end up not making impact in organizations they find themselves even the society as a whole.
The point is that education is not for the purpose of making 'As' in schools especially in the tertiary institutions but to improve and make impact in the society with the knowledge acquired.
For instance Microsoft is a result of the knowledge Bill Gates acquired at Harvard University. Even though he dropped out, he still practised what he learnt in school and that he established Microsoft. Today, the world cannot do without Microsoft especially computer users in terms of windows like 7,8 and 10, Microsoft word, Microsoft excel etc. That is an example of education.
Also, Mark Zuckerberg established Facebook with the knowledge of ICT he acquired at Harvard University just like Bill Gates. Today over one billion people across the world make use of Facebook.
Mark Stevens, established TREVO with the knowledge of nutritional science he studied in the university. And he practised the acquired knowledge by making a research on various fruits and sea products that can be combined and processed together to produce a medicinal liquid that could cure his mother when she was ill.
He later discovered them and was able to cure his mother and also used the opportunity to market his knowledge and product in the United States.
Today, Trevo is one of the medicinal product that is capable of curing any disease.
This is to conclude that education is ahead of academics. There is nothing bad in you becoming the best student in an institution or in any field of study, but ask yourself what impact can you make in the society with the knowledge you acquired from that field.
Nowadays business organizations hype brilliant students and they later get disappointed when they see that they have nothing to offer to the growth and development of their organizations with their brilliance.
The society will celebrate you not only because of the fact that you are brilliant but for the fact you are able to solve it problems.
And business organizations will not employ you because you have the highest CGPA , but for the fact that you will be able to offer solutions to the problems associated with their growths and developments.
This brings me to the final conclusion that " the society does not need your grades, it needs your impact".
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