It is obvious that during the high school period, students may begin to question the importance of  college education. They might find themselves asking, “Why is it important to go to college?” The answer is that attending college provides opportunities to learn and to groom one’s personality through one’surroundings.

College education can also be an opportunity to gain valuable knowledge throughout the college days. The more we interact with people, the more your social skills will be improved which will help you in future like interview, job etc. Once you are done with the search for your job and have entered into your career life, however, college education is still usefull as it leaves an everlasting impression.But it is very obvious that in the previous decades many students didn’t attend college due to several reasons some of them are listed below:

⦁ There are a number of private institutions held that force students not to attend college.

⦁ No one in their family has ever attended to college.

⦁ They didn’t do well in high schools and think of college as harder.

⦁ Ambiguous about the choice in college.

⦁ Some students think that that can’t fit in.

⦁ A few of some students who attend college are not regular because there are various tuition which seem to fulfill the requirements that their college lacks. It is also being set as a trend and a lot people fell into this stereotypical trap of society.

⦁ One of the main reasons is that there is no strictness regarding attendance. which makes the students even more lazy and gay (carefree).

⦁ Internet is playing a very important role as everything is available just a click away. Online courses and tutorials are very addictive.

No doubt that College open doors to opportunity and expands your horizons. You will grow new perceptions and learn to see different possibilities. Graduating from college is a great accomplishment. It is something that one should be proud of. You can achieve your dreams and can have a promising future. College is like a passport to a successful future, and tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. While asking to the teachers the reason why students don’t go to college they said;

“Tuition centers are one of the main reasons of not attending the government college regularly”.

 

There should be strict rules of attendance so that students come to college regularly. For a successful career, every student needs knowledge, confidence, academic and technical skills, career opportunities and social skills. To get these benefits college education is important. The importance of college education can be determined by the role it plays in our life.

The writer is student of Media studies in Punjab University one can access through the following address;([email protected])