Now,
let us see what is knowledge? To me, knowledge is nothing but a self acquired
package of various informations obtained either from intrinsic or from
extrinsic sources, which includes text documents, audio-visual documents, our
experiential documents & further more. There are different kinds of
information we face in reality which mainly provides us three core classes of
knowledge i.e. "Explicit knowledge" for documented
informations, "Implicit knowledge" for applicational
informations , & "Tacit knowledge" for understood informations.
But,
as we all know that our brain is the main centre for the development of all
kinds of knowledge which, we gather & store in memory, through successive
processing of informations received from different sources around us. As a
matter of fact, brain itself is a very important constituent part of central
nervous system (CNS) and only because of this reason, it play a vital role
to process all incoming informations collectively, in co-ordination with
peripheral nervous system (PNS), which actually brain executes as per the
nature of input informations, specially through any one of the two ways at a
time, either in "Reflective" way or "Reactive/Reflexive"
way. Thus, while, input informations in reflective way are processed
successively by logical, methodical & analytical manner, just as on the
other hand, in reactive way the same inputs are processed by considering
emotions, habits, or intuitions etc.
Now,
one thing has become crystal clear to all of us, that, this unique autonomy of
our brain not only helps to control all worldly voluntary activities or
in-voluntary bodily activities but also opens the door of innumerable
knowledges, through constructive and purposeful thinking. Till today, we have
had plenty of opportunity to acquire various kinds of knowledge and history has
witnessed the same. If we compare past from our present age, it will obviously
interpret the power of knowledge for these qualitative changes in the world.
But in this context, we should not forget that among many good purposeful
achievements, we also acquired many ugly experiences too and that's why
in addition to the qualitative advancement of mankind, history of human
civilization had to witness consistent conflicts amongst people to people, only
to establish their own vested interest of racial, religious, or sometimes
imperialistic supremacy.
Therefore,
today it is not difficult to understand that the role of knowledge in the rise
& fall of human civilization is immense. But, the deliberation of this
knowledge didn’t begin so easily, as we would think today, rather curious
human always went on thinking in their conscious mind to overcome various
obstruckles of survival in this world which consequently, began to originate many
new innovative experiences one after another, and thus unknowingly, they
started understanding the language of knowledge bit by bit. As a result,
gradually the standard of living of human society began to improve by the
active influence of knowledge and in course of time, human started to understand the
power of knowledge. After that, a long period passed away and by that time, we
unfolded many secrets of nature which, helped us to develop many new tools / machineries
etc. to upgrade our life style and in this way, one day the study of knowledge
became an important established resources and then for its rapid propagation in
the society, it was gradually systemized to continue in the form of
institutions.
Today,
those institutions have come under an education system, and decentralized
amongst schools, colleges, universities etc. Besides, the institutions
presently conduct various courses, with various syllabuses and also provide
different levels of certificates accordingly. But as a matter of fact, the
education system of which we are so proud, is nothing but the outcome of those
incessant efforts put in mostly by our ancient self taught or in today's
language, so-called ignorant predecessors.
Therefore,
despite all kinds of systems one cannot prohibit the free access of acquiring
knowledge simply in the bindings of courses and syllabuses. Rather, we should
remember those eminent personalities who time to time, have dedicated
themselves in various fields of knowledge i.e. arts, science, philosophy etc. in
spite of no appropriate certificates or degrees with them in those fields and
in this context, if we look towards our past history, many names of versatile
genius will come before our memory and amongst those many, we can at least remember
few of them i.e. Galileo Galilee, Leonardo Da Vinci, Charles Darwin, Gregarious
Mendel, Michael Faraday, George Buli, Thomas Alva Edison, Max Muller, David
Hume, Charles Dickens, Karl Marx, Rabindra Natth Tegore, etc.
So, the
present day education systems obviously may give us the opportunity to choose our
fields as per our need & aspiration, so that we can prove ourselves
in further higher educations or in various commercial fields & service
sectors as well, but on the other side, to expedite further propagation of
knowledges, human's heridetical talent, their skills & innovative thinking,
should be encouraged too, instead of imposing conventional eligibility barier of school certificates or university degrees on them. Rather our education
system as well as our society should be more flexible to those uneducated or
little learned people who sincerely prefers to contribute their innovative
ideas, skills and intelligence.
In conclusion,
I can say that only, right thinking of common people at right time can bring
this world under an umbrella of realistic knowledge in true sense and, in this
way more people will be able to participate in the freelance study of knowledge
without hindrance. So, let us open such a door of fearless, peaceful & joyful world, where the fresh breeze of knowledge can bring a new era of effective consciousness by destroying all evils around us.
