Ok, i have a cousin who is 27, the father is a big time millionaire, now, this my cousin has 4 other siblings who are all graduates, but he is an SSCE holder. Given that he was not too 'bright' academically, the father had him join the family business when he was 20, this guy speaks and writes English almost as good as the best, speaks fluent French, and has traveled to at least 10 countries outside Africa, and doing extremely well for himself, at 27.
I remember about 5 years ago when i was discussing this my cousin with a friend, and my friend told me that the best thing my cousin will do is to get an education first. And this got me thinking, at what level can we say that one is educated? what exactly is education? does it mean that without 'conventional education' that one will most likely be doomed? is it right to say that all university graduates are educated? is it also right to say that anybody without tertiary institution qualification is not educated?

mods please i need people's opinion
i had to move this to this section , maybe the mods can take notice of it here

When u can read and write

feldido:
When u can read and write

jst dat?

dadarupees:
jst dat?

Yes, we have the formal and non formal education...and from the post I'll say the guy is formally educated being that he has an SSCE. And he is also non formally educated because he learnt the family trade.

To me the guy is educated.

feldido:

Yes, we have the formal and non formal education...and from the post I'll say the guy is formally educated being that he has an SSCE. And he is also non formally educated because he learnt the family trade.

To me the guy is educated.

i absolutely concur, my problem is that the Nigerian society makes one think that without tertiary education then one is not educated. the moment u discuss education with sm1, the first question is 'where did you graduate from'? are you a graduate? then i wonder, even if i'm not a graduate, and so?
i dont know about you guys, but i think that 'education' is overrated in Nigeria

7Alexander:
Ok, i have a cousin who is 27, the father is a big time millionaire, now, this my cousin has 4 other siblings who are all graduates, but he is an SSCE holder. Given that he was not too 'bright' academically, the father had him join the family business when he was 20, this guy speaks and writes English almost as good as the best, speaks fluent French, and has traveled to at least 10 countries outside Africa, and doing extremely well for himself, at 27.
I remember about 5 years ago when i was discussing this my cousin with a friend, and my friend told me that the best thing my cousin will do is to get an education first. And this got me thinking, at what level can we say that one is educated? what exactly is education? does it mean that without 'conventional education' that one will most likely be doomed? is it right to say that all university graduates are educated? is it also right to say that anybody without tertiary institution qualification is not educated?

mods please i need people's opinion
i had to move this to this section , maybe the mods can take notice of it here

The root word for education is educo (Latin). It means to Educe: to draw out; to develop from within.