Development means the gradual
and continuous improvement of mind and body. In development process, it includes
all those activities that help the individual to lead in the social life, to
communicate social traditions, law, religious beliefs, and social institutions
from one generation to other. The process of education encourages an individual
to think, evaluate and act according to it. The results of education vary in
different cultural groups and also in different individuals within one group,
but whatever the aim and object, education always help to improve capability of
individual and the group.
\Education is the process of
educating or teaching. The purpose of education is to develop the knowledge,
skills and character of students. According to Plato “education will have the
greatest tendency to civilize and humanized them in their relation to one
another and to those who are under their protection”. In ancient time education
was interpreted in the sense of transmitting information to the student, while
for modern educationist education means the process of development of the
individual.
Personality it is physical, mental, emotional and social characteristics of an
individual. It is the totality of qualities and traits, as of character or
behavior that are peculiar to a specific person. The individual’s personality,
character, thinking, commonsense, skills, habits depends upon education.
Whatever acquired in human life is the result of formal, non-formal and informal
education. Educational institutions, social, cultural and religious
organizations must play important role in shaping the personality of younger
generation.
Education helps us to acquire
life skills, also known by soft skills which are necessary to sustain a
successful life. Life skills includes problem solving, critical thinking,
creative thinking, decision making, communication skills, interpersonal
relationship skills, self-awareness, empathy, coping with stress, coping with
emotions etc. Life skills are put to use in specific situations. Life skills can
influence the way we feel about ourselves, and the way others perceive us. These
skills help adolescent deal with demands and challenges for everyday life by
developing the abilities relevant to everyday life, and promote and protect
life, health and well-being, in risk situations.
Education is the secret of motivation. Motivation is the factors in individual
which arouse, maintain and channel behavior toward a goal. We do certain things
because of motivation. The student feels to learn for securing good marks in
examination or for obtaining praise from others, and the good results leads to
obtain a good/ high prestige job. Thus praise and prestige becomes motivation
factors. By motivational factor it also makes individuals competitive and
challenging.
Education gives power of positive thinking and self-confidence. Positive
thinking allows a person to deal with difficulties successfully. They believe
they are accountable for good things and that good things generally come in
their way. If bad things accure then instead of being frustrated they believe
things will better in future. They use their feedback and negative experience as
self-enhancing manners.
Education gives creative and analytical thinking to a person that makes him
different from uneducated person. It teaches us to analyze the things from all
angles. By using this ability one can explore new ideas to deal with the
situations. It allows humans to explore, invent and discover.
Education gives us awareness about our personal and political rights. It tells
us how to get your rights and also how to give the rights to other. It absorbs
the feeling of equality in our personality. It tells us to be good citizen,
treat the women on equal level, give vote, and acquire your human rights that
become the part of our personality.
The most important thing about education and personality is ‘CV’ (resume
preparation). CV stands for curriculum vitae, means, “progress of life”. It
includes your academic progress, your extracurricular activities, certificates
etc. If you are looking for a job it’s quit important that how to offer yourself
in a best way to an employer that may an educated person can do quit
effectively.
We can see that how education influence the personality of individuals so
effectively. As education varies from culture to culture and group to group, its
effect also varies. But it is also fact that less or more, education has impact
and most of the time it is positive.