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Does education really pay?

Young people are often faced with different challenges. One of which is questioning the value of education. They sometimes ask themselves if they are on the right educational or career path to financial freedom. Due to societal pressure, they are often confused about their choices. Especially, their decision to enroll into an institution of learning inorder to acquire formal education. Education is the process or art of imparting knowledge, skill, idea, value and judgement. It can be formal, informal or semi-formal. By formal education, I mean that standardized system of teaching and learning that take place in schools. By Informal education, I mean those forms of learning and skill acquisition that take place at home or playground. By semi-formal education, I mean those other forms of instruction that take place outside the school setting like tutorials. Education is valuable. Some may ask, how? Let me lead you. A person who is not educated and literate cannot read and write. Such a p