There are two main objectives of education

The concept of education is used in a variety of contexts with different meanings and viewpoints. Different educationists have different beliefs and opinions with reference to the origin of the word 'education'.

• Some believe that it is derived from the Latin word 'Educare' while others believe that it is derived from the Latin words 'Educere' or 'Educatum'.
• Education is a lifelong process that modifies the behavior and personality of individuals thus develops them as a whole by providing nourishing and burden-free environments.
• Education is helpful to children in their all-round development as it enables a child to make his life significant to all concerned.

Key Points

• Instilling subject knowledge in the children and causing mental development of the children are the two main objectives of education.

Other objectives of education:

• Developing the innate potentialities of individuals.
• Socializing and unifying people in an organized unit.
• Fulfilling society's needs pertaining to human resources.
• Helping individuals in acquiring quality personality traits.
• Transmitting belief, norms, culture to the next generation.

Hence, it could be concluded that instilling subject knowledge in the children and causing their mental development are the two main objectives of education.