There is no doubt that education is crucial for everyone career and development.  Education helps people to gain skill and knowledge that will help them to become professional in the specific chosen field. Education helps you to shape your future.  There are different types of education available namely, formal education, informal education and non-formal education. Today, we are going to discuss the different type of education available in society.

Three different types of education system

Education allows the student to learn new knowledge and skills that enable them to have a better future. There are three different types of education system available:

1. Formal education

Formal education system usually takes place in school premises.  Some children may take kindergarten school to prepare themselves to enter elementary school. However, formal education started at elementary school and then continued to secondary school, high school, college and so on.  In informal education, teaching process is given by a qualified teacher and both student and teacher are aware that they are engaged in the formal learning process. Formal education institution require well-design curriculum they need. The student will learn different types of subjects based on the curriculum and time table given.

2. Informal education

Informal education may take place at anytime and anywhere. Small children may receive informal education at home on how to eat, how to dress, how to ride a bicycle and so on. You can also receive informal education through reading a book or from the internet.

Informal education is when you are not using any specific learning method, and you are not studying at school. In Informal education, you do not consciously make afford to study. People can learn anything from the surrounding environment like home, hotel, market and so on. Informal education is not part of the formal school, college or other formats of formal education. There is no fix time table and there no formal curriculum required. In most cases, informal education consists of actual living experience at home and in society.

3. Non-formal education

Even though you are not at school, you can learn different knowledge and skill from the non-formal education system.  Non-formal education system offer adult literacy, adult basic education, and school equivalence preparation. There are many possibilities in non-formal education such as distance learning, homeschooling, computer-assisted instruction and so on. Non-formal education is given deliberately and consciously. This particular education system requires a fixed curriculum to help the student to learn effectively.

We all agree that education is vital for career and self-development. Education helps people to gain new knowledge and skills. To meet with our individual need, you can choose different types of education available in society.