article "the" before "education"

[White Hat]

Education of the late 20[SUP]th[/SUP]-early 21[SUP]st[/SUP] centuries is marked with a precipitous decline in the prestige of the teacher.

In this sentence, I feel there may be a need to place "the" in front of "education". Do we need it? Thank you in advance.

 

[5jj]

I'd use 'in' rather than 'of', and no article.

 

[White Hat]

5jj, your help is greatly appreciated. You've been a true magic wand for countless forumers. Cheers!

 

[5jj]

I can see why you wanted to use 'the' - it seems to be a specified education. It's the 'of' that would make the definite article desirable - if we were talking about the education of a person or of people.

 

[White Hat]

Yes - that's what I thought. To be honest, my current work mostly involves translating, since I'm gradually losing faith in teaching English. The two languages are so different that I find it more rewarding to just do translating. Although I still do some teaching, translation is becoming my major area of activity. And nuances like the one you've cleared up for me permeate the majority of material I deal with. In any case, I find this forum a great resource. It's helped me a lot. Keep up the good work!