Benefits of investing in your child's education

Posted by Chidinma on Wednesday October 8, 2014 at 16:12:40:

In our world today, education is placed on high esteem; it is said that education is the best legacy any parent can give to a child. This is why parents that were not opportune to go to school themselves strive to make sure that their children are educated.

Education in this context covers formal education given to a child in a classroom from Pre-nursery school age to Post graduate level. In this article, let’s briefly look at the benefits parents get from investing in their child’s education;

- Life Long Investment: investing in your child’s education is a life long investment and every investment Is meant to accumulates and bring forth profit and dividends; and the profit in this type of investment is that after investing in your child’s education, and the child succeed as a result of the education he or she acquired when you eventually get old, that same child will take care of you in your old age; as it is culture in Africa for children to take care of their parents in their old age after their parents have done their part to train them.

- Broadens The Opportunity For Your Child To Succeed: In as much as education does not guarantee success, it widens or opens up opportunities for one to be successful. Take for instance someone who is not educated up to university level will not be prepared if an opportunity to work in a bank or take up any other white collar job presents itself.