by Darrin A Yarbrough

Created on: June 15, 2010

There are relevant aspects related to tangible (pragmatic) training such as farming, family planning, and market systems that may make something like formal education seem like an unnecessary diversion. The elements of confidence a formal education process offer those who undertake the effort are immeasurably beneficial. Similarly, the establishment of schools for compulsory curriculum demonstrates a long-term investment in a country that can only provide exponential returns over time.

Granted, an impoverished country may actually need practical labor for immediate relief. Services such as scientific farming, water conservation (and clean water resource management), market systems, and family planning, all provide immediate relief. For these services (as well as others) to be sustainable, the countries culture must be educated to support the investments. More importantly, the countries people must have the self-confidence to believe they can do it.

Despite many instances of individuals who are self-starters capable of attaining this on their own, the only real mechanism that will elevate an entire population's confidence and understanding is a formal compulsory educational system. This is not idle speculation, it is a time proven socio-cultural paradigm that characterizes the rise of all agricultural and industrial nations.

Similarly, economics is not a simple concept. Even more intimidating is the degree of knowledge required to understand what happens in economic systems. This issue challenges the stability of even the most advanced world populations. To suggest that a country devoid of education is going to somehow develop an economy is not only ridiculous, it is laughable. These concepts require sophisticated in-depth understanding in many diverse areas of interaction, from framing, agriculture, to market trading and real estate management.

The only way to develop the necessary specialization and expertise required to enable a society to diversify is to have many people learning the various processes and procedures at the same time. This requires a compulsory educational system. Seemingly, the accelerated pace of the rest of the world may not only make this necessary, but intrinsic to a countries ability to stand independent/even coexistent with current world economic trends.

In addition, to focus on the youth in a war torn environment, establishing a work force that may have no other skills than that of soldiers will require education in diverse areas of infrastructure to rebuilt amenities for social support and services. Without this, soldiers may rapidly become mercenaries or bandits choosing to take by force items they need. This not only further reduces the impoverished whole but is a downward spiral that results in a complete deconstruction of any socially organized system.

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