Posted on
29/01/10
Education or
teaching in the broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the
mind,
character or physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated
knowledge,
skills and
values from one generation to another.
Teachers in educational institutions direct the education of
students and might draw on many
subjects, including
reading,
writing,
mathematics,
science and
history. This process is sometimes called
schooling when referring to the education of teaching only a certain subject, usually as professors at institutions of
higher learning. There is also education in fields for those who want specific
vocational skills, such as those required to be a pilot. In addition there is an array of education possible at the
informal level, such as in museums and libraries, with the Internet and in life experience. Many non-traditional education options are now available and continue to evolve.
The
right to education has been established as a basic
human right: since 1952, Article 2 of the first Protocol to the
European Convention on Human Rights obliges all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education. At world level, the
United Nations'
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966 guarantees this right under its Article 13.
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Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education
