INTRODUCTION Education is a powerful instrument for reducing poverty and improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability. Education is often regarded as the potential instrument of national development. Although there have been consistent efforts made to improve the standards in educational systems yet the progress have been deficient. According to UNESCO around 260 million globally are out of primary and in secondary schools there found to be deficit of basic literacy skills. Defining Education The term 'education' has been interpreted in different ways. Some educationists refer to it as formal schooling or to lifelong learning, others refer to it as acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes. This only demonstrates that education doesn't have one precise universally accepted definition. Therefore analysis of these meanings would help us to understand what education really is crucial. In English the term "Education" has been derived from two Latin words Educare (Educere) and Educatum. "Educare" means to train or mold. The word "Educatum" denotes the act of teaching. It throws light on the principles and practice of teaching. The term mainly indicates that to bring forth the potential hidden in a child by using the principles and practice of teaching. John Dewey defined education as "Education is not a preparation for life, rather it is the living. Education is the process of living through a continuous reconstruction of experiences. It is the development of all those,