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Today
when more and more and people are investing their financial resources and
efforts to obtain higher educational qualifications. This aspect has resulted
in a simultaneous debate across the society as to what can be taken as a true
parameter to gauge an individual’s capabilities. Some definitely vouch for
academic feats while others feel natural instincts and experience gained over
years has more impact on a person’s intelligence.
In
the last century, more venues have been established to impart higher education to
people with strong intentions to achieve higher qualifications on grounds of
their aspirations of gaining respect in their social circles. For them, good
academic record is passport to better employment opportunities. As per them, an
individual’s capabilities can never be gauged on basis of natural instincts.
Besides
personal and professional factors, as each field becomes more and more
specialized, some do need better educational feats. To adopt and practice these
professions, one must possess minimum standards of education that are regarded as
basic specifications of relevant field for e.g. one cannot become a doctor or
an engineer without getting minimum relevant graduation.
On
the contrary, some sections firmly believe that intelligence in not at all a
factor that needs a stamp of varsities and degrees. It has been observed in
past that most prominent of the inventors and innovators had not even completed
their formal education and their concepts still hold true and educated lobby
actually follows patterns pioneered by them. Most prominent examples are Bill
gates and Dhirubhai Ambani.
To
conclude, in my view there is definitely a link between a person’s mental
capabilities and academic credentials, but that is definitely limited to only
getting an initial boost and rest depends on an individual’s natural learning
powers and abilities to negotiate situations.
