Saud Alotaibi WRC 1013.01s Prof. M. Leath 22 July 2014 essay #1 Education system How the education has changed depends on how we look at the education. Education is “The action or process of educating or of being educated”(Merriam-Webster).Merriam-Webster defined the education in two ways. First is the action of people to educate other or the process of being educated. Second way to define education is that it is the field of study which mainly concerned with the various methods of teaching. Generally education is defined as the process in which knowledge and skills of people are transformed from generation to generation. These factors are transferred through teaching, by conducting different research and trainings. Education is divided into various stages which are pre-schools, primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and universities. Preschools are also known as nursery school or kindergarten. It provides the education for the age groups of three to five years or seven years old. Preschool knowledge is very important for everyone because if child do not possess the preschool knowledge then he will remain behind the other children when they will enter into the formal education. This stage of education is prior to the compulsory education of primary stage of education. These sorts of institutions may be run by the government or may be privately owned. Origin of this stage of education belongs to that time when education was restricted for the children who learnt education at their homes then government tried to make education accessible for those children who were orphan or whose mothers was working in the factories. Johann Friedrich Oberlin and Louise Scheppler established the institution for the pre-age children who parents were not there in 1779. Early years of life is very important for the absorption of information than the later age. In those days there is rapid growth of brains so these institutions with the high quality staff have long term impacts on the growth of children. These institutions play their important role in the economic, social, emotional and physical development of children. These institutions increase the skills of children regarding the team-work, awareness of world knowledge and communication skills. Primary education is comprises of the five to six years of formal education. Normally children of five to six years possess this education. But there age may vary from countries to countries. Overall, 89 percent of children are enrolled in the primary education whose belongs to the age group of primary educations. It is compulsory for all. This stage of education increases the awareness of children about various subjects. It is the source to build the foundation about science, geography, history and mathematics. To achieve the universal primary education by the year 2015 is the United Nations Millennium Development Goal. According to which by the year 2015 every child in the world will achiev.