Education is not an end but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life. Education widens our outlook and makes us wise. After getting education, we become all together a changed person having nobler ideas and wider sympathies. There are many kinds of education. General of liberal education means learning for learning’s sake. It rains people in philosophy, history literature and humanities etc.

 Social education teaches us how to lead a good life in a society. It produces good and civilized citizens. Religious or spiritual education moulds our characters and makes us virtuous and pious. But vocational or technical education is not learnt for learning’s sake only, but it enables us to practice our learning to earn for living. Technical education may be defined as the practical application of scientific studies to the teaching of some trade, profession or handicraft. Modern age is the age of machine.

Machine has entered into the soul of our social life and no aspects of society are complete without it. Even the smallest thing of our daily use is manufactured after several mechanical processes, Hence the need of technicians and skilled worker. A laborer who works on a machine should be fully trained and should possess a thorough knowledge of that machine. So the importance of technical education is increasing day by day. Technical education has numerous benefits.