1.0 INTRODUCTION
According to Moss (2012), since time in memorial education has been of great importance to the world. Education has continued to evolve decade after decade, century after century. As a results of the globalization the education system has changed and more people are more educated especially in the 21st century as compared to the other centuries where education levels were not that high and only a chosen few who managed to go to school that were in apposition to get education as compared to those how never got the opportunity to attend school. The education development in the first world has been high as compared to the developing nations which education is still a mirage to some of the countries and especially countries in the African continent.
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Education has a lot of significance to people as it key to development as well as a great weapon against poverty. Many western countries have very low levels of poverty and score high levels of development all a result of education. When people are educated they get empowered and hence are not gullible and therefore are able to choose between what is right and what is wrong and hence are productive people as compared to those that are not educated (Falvo, 2015).
The significance of education cannot be underestimated as education bring along with it good leadership, prosperity, good governance, choice, freedom and so on and therefore the value of education both to an individual and the society is paramount. The increase in knowledge levels as a result of education has continued to make stride in the global world at