Studies show that many criminals have a low level of education. For this reason, some people believe that the best way to reduce crime is to educate people in prison so they could get a good job once they are released. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Nowadays, it is a widely acclaimed notion that educating

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inmates in prison would lower the

crime

rate.

However

,

this

is a highly-debated topic and I personally do not agree with it. To start with, it is true that education enables a person to be self-sufficient and have a better understanding of right or wrong, but, providing knowledge after the misdeed has already been committed would not help reduce the

crime

.

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the focus should be on providing a child with

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etter education in the

first

place rather than after they have committed a

crime

. It is, said prevention is better than cure,

this

is true in

this

situation as well.

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overnment should invest in introducing more schemes that

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gaining knowledge from an early age.

In addition

, being qualified does not necessarily imply that a person will not commit

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rime,

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in fact

, nowadays there is a surge in

cyber crimes

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which are being committed by highly skilled professionals. The reason for that could be the lack of moral values and being connected with the negatively

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influential

people.

Therefore

, it is important that along with imparting knowledge, there is a need

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adding more emphasis on the moral lectures in the curriculum.

For example

, if a child is being made aware of the harm their

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can bring to their loved ones, they would not be tempted to perform

such

actions and

such

experiences would leave an imprint on the mind which would help in guiding them choose a course of action as they grow old. To sum it up, in my opinion, educating criminals would not help reduce the crimes being committed.

Instead

, providing qualifications along with moral education at a young age can help lower down the

crime

rate.