Education is considered to be an important input for the development of a nation because –

1) It provides the necessary knowledge and skills, which helps the people in increasing their productivity.

2) It creates social awareness and develops mental ability among the people so that they can make right choice at the time of need.

3) It improves the earning capacity of individuals which ultimately improve the living standard of people and the quality of life.

4) An educated person can easily understand the problems of population growth in India and can take proper measures to make his/her own contribution in bringing this growth rate down.

5) It helps in improving the employment level in the country and or we can say in dealing with the problem of unemployment.

6) It helps in acceptance of modernization and modern techniques which ultimately results in the development of the nation.

7) Education not only makes people educated but also helps an underdeveloped or developing economy to solve various problems like poverty, income inequality, population, investment, underutilisation of resources, etc.

8) It increases the participation of people in the process of growth and development of the country.