What is literacy? One is literate when they can read and write. One does not need to write long essays to be literate. Reading and writing short sentences is enough. Being literate means one can solve simple mathematical problems.
Whereas education is a wider term. Educated people are not only literate but they but they know a lot about the world. In a nutshell educated are always literate but not everyone who is literate, educated. Education, in layman’s language means someone who has knowledge. Someone who not only knows information but also applies them in real life is educated. Being a literate doesn’t necessarily make you an educated person.
Sometimes people holding top degrees don’t know basic things about life. And sometimes, the person might not even be able to read properly but knows his ways around. S/He knows basic skills and is willing to learn more information regardless of their age or ‘status’. You might even notice them being more humble than anyone else.
Although one can always be educated without being literate. What is must though is for that person to be aware. You may have noticed that sometimes people, even though don’t hold a very respectable degree have tremendous knowledge. So much so, that even the people who are top positions career wise go to them for advice. Educated people are always ready to learn. They never back down from a challenge or leave something in between.
Education is also something that we learn from experience. That is mainly why our teachers teach us to respect all senior citizens and everyone who is older than us. They have seen and been through a lot more than we have. Which is why they have more knowledge.
India, now coming under the bracket of developed country, has a high literacy rate in the present scenario. But, is there also the growth in education??Unfortunately, ”NO”. The education rate is simultaneously dwindling. India, giving birth to N number of skillful people, graduates, managers who lack in ethics, broadened vision and “skills” in real sense.
We can see many people who are at the top of the hierarchy getting involved in unethical practices, their leadership skills takes the shape of arrogance, they hardly use there “ literacy” in a right way and hence, according to me, are called ”UNEDUCATED LITERATES”.
Now it’s our choice. Do we only want to be literate and follow the herd, or do we want to be knowledgeable and never lose the thirst of learning.
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