It's been a debate amidst most students that knowledge and/or understanding are vital in achieving academic excellence. It won't be an understatement to pick one above the other because one of them leads to the other. Knowledge is what most students believe in but I think in order to achieve academic excellence understanding is required. Understanding can be figuratively be said to be the body of it but knowledge can be said to be the mind behind it. Want to hear more on peoples view about this. Which do you think is more important. Thanks

afo01: It's been a debate amidst most students that knowledge and/or understanding are vital in achieving academic excellence. It won't be an understatement to pick one above the other because one of them leads to the other. Knowledge is what most students believe in but I think in order to achieve academic excellence understanding is required. Understanding can be figuratively be said to be the body of it but knowledge can be said to be the mind behind it. Want to hear more on peoples view about this. Which do you think is more important. Thanks

This is an endless debate. Students need knowledge, understanding, innovation and many more elements in the same proportion. If these elements are unbalanced in anyway, you will become an unbalanced human being.

Please, watch the movie titled '3-Idiots'. It tells of the real situation in an Indian University where knowledge is appraised over understanding and innovation. Quite a funny movie but interestingly educative.

I studied in Nigeria and abroad among students of different nationalities and different academic beliefs. Take it from me, knowledge can never be traded for understanding neither can understanding be traded for knowledge.