Answer the following questions :

(a) What abilities does education give us? 

(b) How can we gain a degree of self-confidence?
(c) What is the usefulness of an awareness about ourselves?
(d) How can we become productive members of society?

 (e) Why is education called progressive and liberal?

 (a) Education gives us abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as, to decide things rationally and to make the right choices.
(b) We can gain a degree of self-confidence through learning how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic.
(c) The usefulness of an awareness about ourselves is that it helps us develop our personality. Moreover,vthrough our sense of belonging, it helps us become an active member of the community.

 (d) We can become productive members of society by learning to reason well and to find solutions to the problems of lifE- For this, we have to sharpen our intellect and develop our creativity through education.
(e) Education is called progressive and liberal because it teaches us to respect human diversity, cultural differences, and religious diversity. It promotes these values to make the world a happier and more inclusive placE-