Modern Education

There is a verse in Sanskrit:

न चोर हार्यं न च राज हार्यं न भ्रातृ भाज्यं न च भारकारि ।
व्यये कृते वर्धत एव नित्यं विद्याधनं सर्वधनप्रधानम् ॥

A rough translation would be:

Knowledge, which can't be stolen by a thief, which can't be seized by a king, which can't be shared with brothers, which isn't heavy either and which goes on increasing as you spend it, is the most important wealth

Let us discuss this in the current situation. Knowledge can not be stolen by thief, and it is true. But in modern education, it is being stolen by copying in the exam and other means. As per the next condition a king (or the ruler) can't seize it. But nowadays, it is common for the government to take control over the educational institutions and ruin the students. (You know what a government college means, eh?).

Now on to the next one, sharing with brothers. It is true that the knowledge can't be shared directly. However due to monetarization of education, if your sibling goes for medical or engineering, you are certainly deprived of higher education if you are not from a rich family. It is bitter, but true.

Knowledge is not heavy(?!)... Ask engineering/medical/or any other graduate/post graduate student, and you will come to know. There is so much of cramming that no one can probably finish the entire prescribed syllabus. When this is the case, remembering them for a long time is a distant dream. And there remains no question of telling it to others, when you don't have the time to read and understand it yourself.

Hence, in my opinion, education has entirely lost its meaning. However, it has emerged as the wealth in its entirety, not in the true meaning, but because it can be exchanged for money.