Can education really eliminate poverty?

Proper education makes people learn to think, to have a perspective, to know how to manage themselves. This doesn't mean that education would eliminate poverty, but it would certainly decrease the rate of it. The problem is that there are many people who are very hard to be educated, and there are many who refuse to learn. I know that there are billionaires who haven't graduated, but they are only exceptions, these are people who are either too talented(musicians, movie stars, sportsmen) or too slick and they trick the law. And there are the inventors, who also can be considered too talented people. But I have hardly met a person who has graduated a good University and is poor. I know that there are many countries where the level of living is low, but if you learn well and are willing to work, you will make yourself a living from that.

Let me explain: Education has no direct relation with earning. It helps you to change your outlook. That helps you see or evaluate or grab the opportunities. That makes you rich. Without education, you will have to apply trial and error methods to be successful. With education, you can set a target and achieve that.

Theoretically speaking, getting an education will means that a person is able to analyse, and think critically in dealing with problem. The education a person gain through school provide the basis knowledge and tool necessary for a person to become intelligent and smart. It put a person at an advantage position in today knowledge driven society compare to an uneducated person. But with an education degree alone, a person can't really eliminate poverty for himself unless he is also willing to get himself a career, work hard, and there is ample opportunity available, many other factors also must be present including personal factors in order to have poverty eliminated. Education alone is not a guarantee one will get out of poverry per se.

I think we need more than education to eliminate poverty.They said education is the key to success.I believe they are right;but for us to be successful,we need more than just a key.We need ladders and doors to open.How can we be successful ,if there are no opportunities and nobody would want to help us? There are also graduates who had acquired good opportunities and receive good salaries but don't really have enough knowledge in handling their money.As a result,they only end up in debts,even worse than unemployed people.One thing we really need if we want to be rich is financial literacy.Even if you're not a degree earner as long as your knowledgeable,then there is chance that you will be rich.Besides,some educated people just earned their degrees out of cheating.Knowledge is the most important thing.

Education cannot save us but it can help us better understand life. It helps empower us to do things we never thought we could ever do. It makes you feel better when you understand things and are educated. glowin100

Yes proper education eliminate poverty. Education means not just studying books, parents as well as teachers have to guide and understand the students all ups and downs of life, how to interact with people and how will meet circumstances. Teach them all works are important and has got its own value. IF one is confident in his works he can make money.

I think education can help someone in life but I do not think it will help them out of poverty always. It may help but it is like many things they say will fix poverty. I think there is a massive lobby to get people into college loans and get people into debt like they did with loans. I think if education was more affordable it would help with poverty but at it current state, I think it contributes to poverty unless it is affordable and allows anyone that wants to get an education to get one, instead of putting them in a lot of debt and giving them false hope that it will fix all of their problems if they get so much education.

Education can eliminate poverty if the person who has attains a good education has a work prepared by the government. Right now as we can see, there are many people who are able to graduate their bachelor degree yet there are no work prepared for them. It does not totally eradicate poverty. Poverty will never be eliminated because it is getting worst. Person must be responsible and be diligent enough to find for a job to have food for the belly. It is so hard to find a job here. Education is better but it does not eliminate poverty.

Education might help eliminate poverty. But, having education does not really necessarily mean that it would eliminate poverty. Having education is just a mean or way to get out poverty. There are a lot of people nowadays that are successful, I mean people who really get out from poverty and who are now members of the elite society without having education or does not have a chance to have education when they are young. Therefore, I could say that it really depends on how people strive with there great effort in order to get out from poverty. On the other hand, being educated means that you are now capable of doing something way beyond what are expected from you, and so you are expected that you could go beyond on your status already. That is why education is sometimes correlated with elimination of poverty.

Education till a certain level is necessary to know how to work, how to handle co workers, how to do your administration. If you can't read or write you have a big problem. The only way to be succesful is to let others do all the work for you and you have to trust them they don't cheat on you. There are countries where people prefer to beg instead of working. Especially if it comes to doing farmwork. They don't understand that farming (having your own food and what left over can be sold) is one of the most important things if you want to stay alive and want to go in business. You have to start somewhere. If you are not willing to work hard yourself you can motivate nobody to do the same for you. Education is also necessary to understand how other poeple live and why. A billionaire (you can get one too if you win the lotery), a business man has to know what his customers want. If you are selfish if it comes to that your business won't have a long life. If you think only education can make rich you are wrong. Unless you win the lotery, you steal/rob a bank or someone leaves you a ship full of money you have to work to make money and also to work (invest) to keep your money. Education is necessary to open up the mind but if we all join university it won't guarantee us all we get a great job or get rich.

Hello clearwater I think that we have to get the education in right way.We always see that some people who get education but after that they are not able to earn a lot and a not educated person can earn more.I think education is very necessary for everyone whether it gives you money or not because it surely raise your thinking standard.And for earning we should move towards some practical learning whatever we like.It totally depends on the person himself.If he wants to be some player or singer or mechanic or shopkeeper, it doesn't matter.There will money come but education is necessary.

We cant say that education eleminate poverty bcoz some people who r educated r also ver poor rather who r less educated r ver richer. It totally depends on the skils and ones luck.