No such thing as 'useful' or 'not useful' academic pursuit

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Good example [awarding PSC govt scholarship to student to pursue Buddhist studies at Oxford: see HERE] with which to discuss qn below.....

This attitude of compartmentalising academic pursuits into seemingly "relevant" and "useful" is something that needs to change.

Education in the social sciences and the humanities allows one to develop creative and critical thinking skills, and to question established paradigms.

The close study of religion allows one to build up one's repertoire of knowledge and inter-cultural empathy and understanding.

In a multi-ethnic, multi-religious society like Singapore's, such skill sets are of utmost importance. This ability to think outside one's cultural paradigm and to reflect on how different people and societies understand what it means to be human form the fundamentals of good leadership.

Qn: Education should only be concerned with what is useful in life. Discuss. (Cam. 2013)