Politics is the super structure that controls all other structures including the economy that tends to compete with politics. Its importance therefore is not negotiable in society, especially in terms of its awareness this paper seeks to highlight the overriding importance of political education in any society and the need therefore to inculcate it in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, and to ensure a high level of its awareness among it citizenry. The challenge of globalization is closely linked to an appropriate combination of politics with the main objectives of achieving and preserving macroeconomic stability, promoting openness trade and capital flows and limiting government intervention, to areas of genuine market failure and the provision of the necessary social and economic infrastructure.