Is studying really necessary?

http://lindseystephenson3.blogspot.com/2011/04/personal-journal-entry-18-fgcu.html

Education is every thing not only is South Africa but the entire world,being educated means  that one can have access to anything regardless of the situation that one find himself in. Which means the saying that goes "education is the key to success" is true, but to what extent?

In our society a educated man is sometimes respected more than the man who dropped out of school in primary. Yet in some cases the illiterate or uneducated person is respected more than the educated man. "I stand to be corrected" .

We study so that we can have a better future, improve our living condition and to have a place in our society. But why study if you cannot be able to secure the job in the field in which you studied for, when the person next to is able to get the job without having any formal training.

I ask myself, what is education for if you cannot find a job and yet you are qualified, but then we live in a society where it is a norm for a person to study and get the qualification even if they won't be able to secure a suitable job.  I know of many people who are not educated or who don't have formal training and yet they have made a name for themselves, they are successful. Then i know of people who have studied, they have gone to tertiary and yet they cannot find a job. Why is this the case? Is education really necessary if you won't be able to secure a job even if you are qualified for that job and yet a not qualified person gets a job right in front of you....