There has been an ongoing debate for some time as to whether education is still the driving factor of success in the 21st century and many of us they ask, “Is education still the driver of success in the 21st century” Is education still necessary to be successful today?” The question of whether education still retains the value of being the main aspect of achieving success is of particular interest because it could mean that it could potentially create a depreciation in the demand for education in the future and the money spent on acquiring an education could be used to pursue entrepreneurial initiatives. Historically speaking, education was not a driving force in achieving success in the early 15th century. Indeed, before the advent of slavery, not much was recorded regarding education, except when the Backra Massa taught slaves Christian principles how to be respectful and obedient as a means of taming them (Hamilton-Willie, 2001). Despite this, a glimmer of hope came after the abolition of slavery in 1838, when blacks and other disadvantaged groups had the opportunity to climb the ranks of the status quo through education; and not ...