Education destroys creativity. Is this true?

<Tab/>Everyone in the world has gone through education in one way or another, be it home-schooling or attending school. In Singapore, it is compulsory for everyone to have at least six years of primary school education. The idea behind traditional education was to prepare students with as wide and strong a base as possible for future success and contribution to the world. Now, it also involves ensuring the students possess the correct beliefs, attitudes and behaviors. Creativity is defined as originality and the way one expresses himself. It is not true that education destroy…