The word education has four syllables. The syllables are broken down as follows ed-u-ca-tion.
No it isn't. It has two syllables. The first syllable has three letters but the second syllable has two letters. (Jel-ly)
Stress on the first three letters only - Pul
The 'al' are the stressed letters
Well, Al is aluminum so I would guess that the fact that Al are the first 2 letters of aluminum suggests they do correspond.
The stress falls on the first three letters as in Gen-er-hul
Captive is stressed on the first syllable.
The first syllable is accented.
The accented syllable in the word "fierceness" is the first syllable, "fierce."
Flawless is accented on the first syllable.
The first syllable is accented.
The accented syllable in "wanders" is the first syllable, "wan."
It is not entirely clear whether you are asking which syllable is stressed or what the first syllable is. The stressed syllable is the first syllable: sev.