I love the smell of paranoia in the morning...
Seriously, the idea that governments are purposefully trying to keep education levels low in order to control the populace is a little alarmist. W need to keep a clear differentiation between "educated" and "informed". It's actually in any government's interest to increase the level of education if it wants to compete economically in the modern world. That's why (whether you likeit or not) most western Governments are seeking to invest heavily in education. Whether or not plans put in place by Governments to improve the level of education work or not is another issue entirely (and influenced by a huge range of social and economic factors).
On the other hand there is the level of information provided.
Guess what, an educated person is just as likely (or arguably more likely) to come to the wrong conclusion or judgement if they are given the wrong information. The level of information a government provides is far more a) controllable by said government and b) far shorter term in scope (so is dependent on the specific elected government - that it to say subject to change following an election). This is what's known as "dumbing down" in the UK at least.
On the main issue of discussion here, I astually have to wade in on the other side of the fence here and say that to be absolutely honest I don't really have a problem with the concept of a government holding my DNA records as such (as has already been stated here, they already hold a vast amount of data on me already). The problem is that htere need to be absoultely cast-iron systems in place to ensure that the information is not mis-used and that errors aren't made in using it for the correct purposes.
For example, personal data held by the governmetn should never be used to ascertain how you voted but I think there is a use for a national DNA register in cighting crime. Problem here, though, is tha I don't really want to be locked up for a murder I didn't commit just because someone stole some of my hair to contaminate their crime scene, of just because I happened to walk through the scene two weeks before the murder and left a trace. In short, the problem isn't the sotrage of such date, its in its use.
As a closing point, regarding the comment someone made about electronic banking - just think, would you rather have your details stored by the government or by a company to whom your information is a commercial comodity?
Rant over!