By T.G. Farmer
Contributing Author

Geographically the world has shrunk due to the advent of internet and mobile phones. Outsourcing and off shoring work for cheap labor has made capitalist America lag behind in growth and countries like India have prospered. This is possible because the Indian population feels the need to educate their children and knowledge based education is popular among the middle class and lower middle class in India. The expense to educate a child in college is fairly cheaper compared to U.S.

Knowledge and education is the key to growth and development in any society.

Nobel Laureates and philosophers and great thinkers have always said that society will improve and flourish only if knowledge and education is free and easily available.  Since the Soviet Union was a communist, socialist country where there was equality in income levels. Higher Education was readily available. This helped the society to progress. Education is the key to success.

If India is emerging as an IT hub it’s mainly due to knowledge and education. This education is very expensive in America. University education has become so expensive that other countries like U.K and Australia are wooing students to study in their country. They are less expensive and there are many attractive incentives and benefits.

Instead of providing student loans, our government can make the schools free and also have programs where the students could serve in rural areas and government health centers. This way the rural areas will have access to latest technology and expertise in all walks of life.

Military education can discipline a society. If students can join and serve the army or Navy or Air force in any capacity then the government can write off their loans. Society as a whole prospers and America will retain its super power status. Illiteracy is increasing all over the world. United Nations program on education and literacy should be focused in all countries besides the developing nations. China with its large population has managed to educate the people and it is predicted they are emerging as the super power by the next decade.

Americans need to educate themselves as well as their children. Colleges could provide free education enabling every one education. Education in America is so widely sought after largely due to the great reputation American Universities have around the world. 

If everything becomes free, then the value of education goes down. There can be contests and entrance tests where the top students can earn free aid for higher studies. This may induce students to study and aim high in life. Achievement, ambition, success and money all are attained through knowledge and education. Not everyone can become a Bill Gates being a school drop out. The people employed by him are highly educated and they are assisting him in raking the money.

E-learning is another platform that can offer free education to the students of America. Very few subjects require campus attendance. Most of the other subjects can be studied virtually. This can reduce the cost for the colleges so that their tuition becomes free. E-Learning can also refer to other educational web sites such as those offering learning scenarios, worksheets and interactive exercises for students. Fays are not far off when sitting in Chicago a student logs on to the New York state University website for Masters in management. Not only will more people be educated world will become a positive place to live in.