Educational institutions have a responsibility to dissuade students from pursuing fields of study in which they are unlikely to succeed. [AGREE]

“Education” in general sense is a form of learning in which knowledge, skills and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to other through teaching. According to Albert Einstein “All that is valuable in human society depends on opportunity of development accorded by an individual”. Good formal educations form a building block in a person’s successful career. It hones the skill which an individual has in his field of study. Educational institutions are like potter which carves beautiful artifacts out of raw clay. And hence lays with them the responsibility to orient the individual in its area of interest.  

With the increasing industrialization and globalization, new fields have emerged which in turn gives more career options.  But increasing options for careers has led to the creation of dilemma in an individual’s mind on what to choose for them. Here comes the role of educational institution. They should make lucid all the aspects of a particular field that an individual is interested in so that they can devote all their attention to the same. Proper guidance and channelized efforts will lead to effective results.

Educational institution has to play a vital role in shaping an individual’s future. Academic interest of students of an institution may not be coherent with others. Few may have caliber in research, few may be interested in arts or teaching or engineering. Thus it is quite important to nurture them in the field in which they have an interest. Though it might sound like a colossal venture, these academic shades might be more perspicuous through a small project, through a group activity, a presentation by students or interacting with the students, like a class room meant to enhance the knowledge of a student. An interactive session may dissuade a student from choosing a wrong field.

The ultimate goal of education is to help individuals to contribute to the welfare of people, to the society, to the environment and to the world. If an educational institutions help individual to decide on which field to choose in which they can fare well, imagine the contribution and success of the nation in all aspects. For instance a well-known scientist THOMAS ALVA EDISON was a school dropout, who was accused of addled. He was schooled at home. Due to his utter interest he became the great inventor of all time. Similar example can be quoted for STEVE JOBS Apple CEO, who was a college dropout. Both of them came to the horizon with dedicated efforts and persistent hard work.

From the above point we can conclude that educational institutes can dissuade students from choosing those fields in which they are unlikely to succeed. It is apparent that a long term benefit is awarded for the hard work done. This step would lead to an overall development of an individual. It is a social and moral responsibility of an institution to guide individual to the right path which could benefit people, society, environment and overall world.