Aastha I think Artist Also take education of art to get more success. Artist is become best artist because of his talent and talent come by education and knowledge of things.

So More knowledge, Talent and Experience give good success.

@ Santosh,
He who take education of art, is a man made artist, artist is one, who have that capability or talent within of art..
Other than this, he can polish his talent by taking knowledge..but not education..
Although basic education is required by all.

Aastha has raised the matter of quality and content of education. The points are valid. However, we are discussing whether education is the key to success. I reply in the affirmative. You definitely need skill to perform and get success in performance. It may be, however, that learning and working are simultaneous.

The more skilled jobs need more education. Moreover, there are many jobs for which educational qualification is prescribed. You can enter jobs like teaching, law, accountancy, engineering, medicine, architecture etc. only by getting appropriate education.

Even unskilled jobs need some sort of education. However, education need not always be formal and lead to certificate. It is necessary to work with some expert in the field before independently working.

Apart from job, education adds to personal qualities like self confidence, way of talking, manners etc.

Rajani K. stated that there are many cases where without education people have achieved success. Here i may state that the affected individuals might not have got formal education but they would have definitely gained practical education and training, that might be hereditary. many individuals are engaged in family business and trade and have informal training since childhood.
Many professions have developed on modern line in the last century. For example, in earlier times, there were no Chartered accountants. There were old style Munims (indigenous accountants) who would pass on the knowledge of accountancy from generation to generation. Now even beautician course is taught as a certificate or diploma course though skill in barber trade has been passed on from generation to generation.
In fact, education is must for success for most people. There may be few exceptions where people succeeded without formal education. We should remember that exceptions are not rules. We should be guided in our efforts by rules and not look to exceptions.

@ astha..

it is right that " if they were not be educated, their profession could still pay them and would make them successful in life" but Education is needed to help then know how to make more money,

gulshan has rightly pointed the some type of education is passed on from generation to generation.

Success is a result of putting theory in practice. Formal education equips more in theory. Knowledge is a tool. Unless the tool is used properly, no success will come. It is rightly stated that practice makes one perfect. However, this should be borne in mind that practice is part and parcel of education. That is why there is a period of practical training or apprenticeship, which must be undergone before one gets a degree.

Some times, it appears that success is attained without education. In these cases, possibly the individual has not get adequate theoretical education or has poor expression but he has made up by more intense practical training. I recall that there are some semi qualified or less qualified accountants who are placed in higher position to qualified chartered accountants in some establishments. If one has less theoretical knowledge and more perfect practical training, we cannot say that he has less education. Ultimately, success depends on education- theoretical and practical, formal or informal.

Gulshan Kumar had made some valuable points.

I do agree that some education is required in order to succeed in life, but education is not the only cause for success. Here education usually refers to two parts i.e. primary education and higher education. It's not mandatory that people who have good primary education will succeed in life and people who don't have good primary education cannot succeed in their life. Primary education is just something like having brief overview of all the concepts and fields in the world.

Now it's the turn for us to discuss about higher education. We see many people who have succeed well in their life even without primary education but not without higher education. Higher education is something related to your specialization and you will be concentrating on only one field. Consider a mechanical engineer who's not a brilliant student in his school life but has the capability of understanding many mechanisms that we come across in our life. If such a student takes mechanical engineer as his specialization, then his sure to succeed in life.

To sum up, primary education is not compulsory for a person to succeed in life but higher education is must for anyone to succeed in their life.

Education is a stepping stone to be a successful person but not always a reality. It is only a passport for any one to have a better job and a better life.
Even drop out person from college could be a successful person or with little background. Now a days education is so expensive that poor people cannot afford so even those talented person is reluctant to go in schools, lower or higher. They have options to work or do business than to study.

As Per The GD Topic By Maverick: "Do you think education is only key to success?".

I want to say that Education makes us to a proper part of a society. Not every education is important or necessary for complete life. Education is just one the way from lot of ways to success. Its just a part not a key to success.

To get a success in life we need to unlock a lot of locks of life and education is one of the key not all. If you wanna get success you need to do smart work not hard work because a normal riksha puller or a labour per also do hard work bu they are not successful.

Wanna get success then you must have patience for what you did. Success not comes in one second. You might get fail a lot of time in life but this fail is also the way in which after keep trying you will get success and what you want.

Self discipline is also one of the key to success. Discipline must be in your part of life which is the need of life.

If you are doing a work in a particular field to get success, then passion is must in your heart and mind for that field.

Education is just a tool not perfect key. Education are of lot of types.

You can see a lot of uneducated persons which are successful in their life. These all due to smart work, skills, passion and patience.

Sridevi wrote:
[quote]@ astha..

it is right that " if they were not be educated, their profession could still pay them and would make them successful in life" but Education is needed to help then know how to make more money,

gulshan has rightly pointed the some type of education is passed on from generation to generation.[/quote]

Yes, Education is needed for them too...
Infact education is needed by all people of society to have a good aspect in life and to be better ctizens.
But topic here is Is education the ONLY means to success, so I am saying that it is the ONLY key but other factors can alsolead you to success.