Modern industrial society must be above all a literate society

The literate society is more importantModern industrial society must be above all a literate society

Theliteratesocietyismoreimportant Modernindustrialsocietymustbeaboveallaliteratesociety.As weallknow,thedevelopmentofmodernindustrialsocietymainly duetotheincreasesofproductivity.However,educationcontribute themostanddirectlytotheseincreases. Educationproduceslabor,notonlyinquantitybutalsoinquality. Througheducation,peoplelearnmanykindsofknowledgeand skills.Throughalotoftraining,peopleknowhowtousethese knowledgeandskills,andusetheminparticularfield.Thus,it contributestotheincreasesofproductivity.Inotherwords, educationproduceslabor,mainlythroughcultivatingtalents.Also, educationcouldproducescienceandtechnology.AsDengXiaoping says,scienceandtechnologyisthefirstproductiveforce.However, beforethisforceusinginproduction,itisjustakindofideology orpotentialproductivity.Soitonlyreliesoneducation.And througheducation,scienceandtechnologycanbeusedin productionandgetinheritanceanddevelopment. Thesizeoftheinvestmentineducationandresearchalsoplaysa veryimportantpart.Wecansay,thelargerthesizeis,themore rapidtheproductivityincreases.TakethedevelopmentofAmerica asanexample.Itsincreasesinproductivitycomedirectlyfromthe sizeofthenationalinvestmentineducationandresearch.J.K.