Relationship Between Poverty And Education

Nowadays, poverty is considered as one the most significant problems of the society. People with low income have to struggle for their existence. Poor people cannot afford to go to educational institutions and obtain knowledge. Children instead of studying have to do menial work, so they are not able to get proper education. People with low income are afraid of the future, because they do not know what to expect tomorrow. Moreover, poor people cannot afford good insurance and health care. They do not get a proper nourishment; they a¬¬re always hungry and have to endure it. Furthermore, paupers suffer from social exclusion, lack of happiness, and experience failures. Poor people are treated with contempt. Certainly, material things give human

Because deficiency of money often cause inability of getting education; and inability of getting education is the core cause of poverty. Education means much more than just attending schools or universities. Education gives us important and necessary skills that help people to adopt in the future. Educated people are always treated with respect. Educated man has more chances to have stable position in the society and get high paid job. And when a person has the education in his hand; he can open any doors and find any path that he wants. Knowledge leads our civilization to progress from the ancient times till now. Education helps us to self-realization and self-development. Moreover, we cannot be constructively in our decisions with deficiency of knowledge. And the Socrates, the man who understands the true meaning of knowledge, who is never stopping to obtain knowledge says “Certainly I would pride and preen myself if I had this knowledge, but I do not have it, gentlemen” (Plato, 1981, p.9). In the other words this quote from “The Apology” means that knowledge is infinite. Hence, people with no proper education cannot reach most of life’s delights; their position in society is very limited. It means that they cannot support themselves financially and provide basic needs. Aims of such people is just try to escape from vicious circle. They give up on their hopes, dreams, and start to bind with criminal. It means that they cannot find a job, then they start searching for anything that can give them money, and then they realize that crime is the only way to get some money. Eventually, it ends always in the same way; they have to sacrifice their families and dreams. And the result of all their efforts instantly disappears, because the money that they have earned is just taken by someone