13 Facts About Education

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Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits.

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Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next.

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Education is supported by a variety of different philosophies, theories and empirical research agendas.

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Education can be characterized from the teacher's or the student's perspective.

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The International Standard Classification of Education was created by UNESCO as a statistical base to compare education systems.

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Education designed to support early development in preparation for participation in school and society.

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Education simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing.

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Education sector is fully integrated into society, through interactions with numerous stakeholders and other sectors.

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Education began in prehistory, as adults trained the young in the knowledge and skills deemed necessary in their society.

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Education'storians cite that formal education was mandatory for everyone regardless of social class and gender.

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Universal Primary Education was one of the eight international Millennium Development Goals, towards which progress has been made in the past decade, though barriers still remain.

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Education tries to ensure that the right associations are formed.

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Education is becoming a commodity no longer reserved for children; adults need it too.

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