Is education everything?

Is education everything?

Experts and elite institutions make the claim that “education is the key to ending poverty.” How true is this? Can literacy solve poverty and other social evils?
Taking a realistic look at this needs to consider all social aspects related to poverty. There are many factors in societies, governments, economies and cultures that contribute to systemic poverty across the world. For the piece of the solution to poverty that is education, there is a massive missing piece within present-day schooling: you can educate anyone, but if you do not teach them HOW to apply the information they have learned from their formal education to the decisions and actions they will be required to make as adults, education is a car without fuel – or a driver.
Think of the number of “over educated, under employed” people you have heard about. I know people with doctorate degrees who have difficulty meeting both ends meet. Why is there such disconnect? The answer is not simple and the proverbial finger cannot just be pointed at the educational systems around the world. It also need to be mentioned that there are massive and distinct problems within modern day educational institutions and systems.
We talk about gaps in education everywhere: The opportunity gap, the skills gap, the racial education gap, the achievement gap, the education gap between rich and poor and so on. These gaps are problems – massive challenges that require much work. Education without resources can be the surest pathway to more misery.
An example to study is the case of Kerala State. The state with the highest literacy, it is also one state with the least employment opportunity. States like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have far higher employment chances. This is a very prudent point that clearly says that education should be enhanced only along with other economic factors lime industrial growth and not the other way. Educated people will then be needed to fill the jobs available then.