You are right, Education and skill are both important in our life as humans, just like you said the countries that are moving forward with good economy are those that there youth are both educated and skilled in producing things, let's take a look at china, a lot of production are been done in China and the reason for there success is because of there education and skills but together.
In my country right now if you are only educated it takes the grace of God for you to get a good job that will pay your bills very well, what is now working in my country is being educated and skilled, companies in my country prefer to employ someone that is well educated and very skilled than someone that is just educated.
In today's world a lot of people who are both educated and skilled are really making it very big I'm not saying those that are also just educated are not making it I'm only saying most people making it currently are people that are both educated and skilled.
China has become one of the most successful and developing countries right now because its able to collaborate between education and skills regarding both side can't separate each other. China keep pressure how important about education or school regarding improve their citizen balance with skill, right now easily for China how produce top technology during they have top talent citizen having high education and good skill.
Having high education make us easily how to find good job bigger salary payment, but have high skill during not balance well with high education quite difficult in my country Indonesia how to accept at good job with bigger payment salary.
School and education are both important part for your achievement.