"Education in its broadest sense is any act or experience
that has a formative effect on the mind, character or
physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense
education is the process by which society deliberately
transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from
one generation to another. Teachers in educational
institutions direct the education of students and might draw
on many subjects, including reading, writing, mathematics,
science and history. This process is sometimes called
schooling when referring to the education of teaching only a
certain subject, usually as professors at institutions of
higher learning. There is also education in fields for those
who want specific vocational skills, such as those required
to be a pilot. In addition there is an array of education
possible at the informal level, such as, in museums and
libraries, with the Internet and in life experience."
From
Wikipedia article on
Education.