For many, the situation in life seems to be standard when a child goes to university after graduation, receives a diploma and goes to work. In this case, those who could not enter a higher educational institution begin to feel like losers or people who are a class lower than students. But it's worth figuring out why a higher education is needed and what are the ways to get it.
Coveted diploma
In people of Soviet hardening, the stereotype regarding education was very deeply rooted. Many people think that if their child does not receive a diploma, then his whole life will go "downhill." But is it?
This opinion was due to the fact that during the existence of the Soviet Union there was an excess of low-profile jobs, where workers received low wages. To tell the truth, it must be mentioned that people with higher education have also never been pampered with high salaries. But this category already referred itself to the class of intelligentsia, which gave an imaginary superiority.
Today the situation has changed significantly. The question of whether higher education is needed is completely different. It relies on the benefits of knowledge that can be acquired during training. Mechanized and automated equipment is gradually replacing the working class in factories, thereby increasing unemployment and the number of “dying” professions. This state of affairs significantly raised the status of intellectual workers.
In addition, the teaching methods have changed. Many private universities have appeared, where they try to teach not only theory, but also the practice of the specialty under study. For this reason, the cost of training has increased, and the level of prestige of many public educational institutions has also decreased.
This trend makes people with little material income think about whether their children need higher education. Many entrepreneurs have appeared who provide the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills not through state-approved training programs, but through seminars, webinars and other apprenticeship systems.
Education Methods
If we talk about standard methods and forms of training, we can distinguish the following:
- stationary;
- correspondence;
- remote.
The stationary form of training involves daily attendance of lectures and seminars provided by the curriculum. It seems to be the most effective (in terms of obtaining and assimilating knowledge). This form of training can be carried out both on a paid and on a budgetary basis.
Correspondence education provides for the passage of training programs twice a year and is well suited for combining work and study. Of course, the knowledge gained in one month may not bring a significant educational result, but in combination with practice, it can be very useful. Do people who do not work in the specialty need higher education received in this form? Many professions simply require a diploma.
Distance learning allows you not to appear at the university at all. The student receives e-mail advice, assignments and recommendations. Getting higher education through the Internet, the student saves his time and money. The cost of this form of training is relatively low, but the effectiveness also does not differ by significant indicators.
Each person must decide whether he needs higher education. In life, the best result comes from actions that are performed with one's own internal guidance. And education can be of high quality only when a person himself wants to get the necessary knowledge and skills.