Noun

(en noun)

(uncountable) The process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran

, volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools

(countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Joseph Stiglitz)

, volume=188, issue=26, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Globalisation is about taxes too , passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.}}

Noun

(en noun)

A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.

I accept your offer, but with the following qualification .

The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.

Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.

(obsolete) A quality or attribute.

*1714 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :

*:To shew, that these Qualfications , which we all pretend to be asham'd of, are the great support of a flourishing Society has been the subject of the foregoing Poem.

An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.

What are your qualifications for this job?