Difference Between Literate And Educated

Let’s discuss what the difference between literacy and Education is. Although I am neither an Educationist nor a scholar but on the basis of my limited understanding I can spell this differences.

Literacy teaches us how to read and write and Education teaches us what to read and write.

Literacy is fact oriented whereas Education is value oriented. For instance a literate person will talk about economic growth rate whereas an educated person will talk about economic growth with distributive justice.

Literacy gives information whereas Education gives knowledge. The difference between information and knowledge is that information is technical or theoretical know how of any subject whereas knowledge is awareness about how, where, when and why to use that information. For instance a person having degree in physics might have vast information about atomic energy but it is true knowledge and Education which teaches a person that this information should be used for development of human kind and not for its destruction.

Education brings all round development of human personality i.e. Physical, Psychological and Spiritual development whereas literacy rather than leading to development maintains status quo.

Last but not least Education brings revolution in thinking. It inspires a person to think in unconventional but creative and innovative way. It brings curiosity and rationalism in the thought process. It liberates person from mental slavery of superstitions, bias, disbelieves and outdated rigid social and religious customs.

The greatest problems of the our society has a root cause that is illiteracy. Illiteracy is a term that does not merely signifies the lack of education in the society. There is a vast difference between being literate and being educated. A literate person may read write and understand but it is not necessarily aware, responsible. The problem is we are turning into literate society instead of educated society. Education includes and turns a person into visionary, intellectual and rationale entity. That is what the need of the hour is. Reading and writing is not good enough we need to comprehend and logically interpretive the situation. We are too much inclined over rampant increase of the literacy rate but the point is  this what we want our society to be……we are turning into inhuman and moral less community. Just being literate won’t help the cause we need be aware as well that is what the motive of the education is is all about. We need to increase and widen the meaning of education. Along with literacy we need to include moral values among the young. We must turn into an aware educated class rather just being an ordinary literate society with no thought process. The choice is all ours think what we must be, what we can be and what we are …..THE CHOICE IS ALL OURS