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Some people believe the purpose of education should be helping the individual to become useful for society, while others believe it should help individuals to achieve their ambitions. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

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Education
 plays a crucial role in
overall
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 development of a person. Several
people
thinks
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 that
aim
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the aim
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 of learning is to become a good citizen but
other
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others
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 argue that it
help
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helps
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 the learners to fulfil their life goals.
This
 essay will discuss both sides before forming an opinion.
To begin
 with,
education
 helps to develop the communication and
decision making
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 skills of an individual.
People
 with these traits often helps the society in many ways.
For example
, many professionals who work for bigger firms like Google, Yahoo
also
 volunteer for charities to raise funds to help the poor and educate the students that are unable to fund their studies.
Furthermore
, many working
people
 run free classes and tutoring to guide the students about the job requirements of trade and what steps are required to secure
an
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employment. On another side, numerous
people
feels
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 that the only motive of learning is to secure a good job.
Education
 is becoming very expensive and there are
less
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 jobs as compared to graduates in the market and companies will only choose the best talent.
Moreover
,
government
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the government
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 create policies to cover the
education
 rights of the individuals. I believe that building
future
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a future
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 through
education
 is
basic
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a basic
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 right for everyone but helping others through knowledge and skills will create a sense of harmony and prosperity in
the
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society. To sum up, there is nothing wrong to fulfil own goals and ambitions through
education
 but helping others side by side helps the country to create more independent individuals.
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