Is there a point to building education buildings?

[Tiger88]

Right now I am messing around with the Romans and am wondering what buildings like the ludi (schools) actually do. There is a lengthy description of the importance of education in Ancient Rome, but nothing describing their impact on game play. Should I assume that they are there to give young leaders beneficial traits or is there something else? Are they even worth building when there are other types of structures to worry about?

I have been playing this on and off for awhile so I am still unsure about many aspects in the game.

Right now it is about the time of the First Punic War and instead of crushing Carthage, I am attempting to campaign against Epirus and hoping that my victories will not merely be Pyrrhic

[Macilrille]

Schools give your FMs very nice traits indeed. They are worth it, but not top priority.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Schools are imo one of the most important buildings in EB. Before you start building them, your governers will be mostly poor uneducated saps. After building them, especially the highest ones, you will see more learned governers with higher management ratings. This can lead to thousands in extra mnai per turn. Also, many ancillaries are unavailable until schools are built.

[stratigos vasilios]

Education buildings are very useful once built. As soon as a FM comes of age; throw them into a city with another govener (who is significantly better than them in terms of management and influence) so rather than the young FM managing the city. This allows the younger FM to 'do an apprenticeship' and gain useful education traits. I normally keep 16 FMs in a city for 4 years then move them off to army or another city.

[G. Septimus]

schools, give your FMs, Diplomats, More Positive Managing Traits,
example:
Scholar (+Management/Influence)
Scholar-Retainer
Diplomatic Traits

[HunGeneral]

Yes - schools give good traits to your FMs - I would also suggest to build them in places famous for Education (especially Athens - all the Makedon FMs I'm sending there always come back as philosophers or the like) since some unique anciliaries are bound to those cities (If I remember right).

On a side note however: If you need military oriented FMs then don't send them in citites with high education buildings - they tend to lack anything needed to lead your armies. If you want good generals then just build a tier 1 level school building in the city and a temple decicated to your factions war god - ususally this makes them better beginning generals.