Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Mandela Education is very important nowadays, especially here in this society where we are living.
We could consider that children ages between 5-15 should have at least the minimum education to understand how the society works. In my opinion, we are living in a manipulating world, and only education makes us avoid to be manipulated. Everybody should learn how to read and write.
And in fact, Children are still unconscious about the importance of education, so letting them do what they want is not a good choice. Education is education, it informs us, it makes us discover new things, it makes us to be independent.