"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.