Education And Moral Values

The meaning of education lies inside a galaxy formed
by different views of different groups and people each
of whom thinks about purposes in different ways. In
english ,education is derived from two latin words
educure and educatum means to draw out propulsion
from inwards to outwards.Shikhsha a term used for
education in hindhi has come from the Sanskrit word
shash,means to direct or to decipline.Coming across
different education philosophies like idealism,realism,
perenialism and pragmatism putforward by Socrates,
Plato,Aristotle, Jhon Dewey etc ,one may reach at the
conclusion that education is any act or experience that
has a formative effect on the mind character and
physical ability of an individual. It is a way of
transmitting views and values from one generation to
another.The process of becoming an educated person
is education.In wider sense it is a total development of
an individual.
Education is a purposeful process . Absense of aim in
education makes it a blind alley .Aims of education are
manifold.Vocational aim or bread and butter
aim,knowledge aim,cultural aim and the supreme aim
of spirituality and morality. Character is the cream of
education and as such it should be the central aim of
education. All others should revolve round this main
purpose. All scientific, technical and material progress
must take place with the aim of making life ethically
and spiritually sound.Symbolically education without
morality is like a house without a roof.You aren't safe
untill and unless you will not have a sealed house.In
the same manner one can't shape his behaviour untill
morality don't get the first rank among all other
aims.The stuff which distinguishs educated one from
vis-à-vis is morality. An educationist from south
eastern india Dr. Zakir Hussain writes a pinpoint
thought that education implies" an individually
organized sense of values". Meana moral values play a
vital role in the collective as well as individual life of a
man.Moral values are a valuable asset of our society.
Truth,honesty,respect towards adult,regard towards
parents,repute towards teachers etc form the basis of
morality. The Quran from its first revelation stresses on
moral perfection through education. Morality in Islam
addresses every aspect of a muslim life from the
greetings to the international level.The Holy Prophet
( peace be upon him) always stressed on moral
education and marked the best moral character as the
best faith.But whenever people tried to separate the
divination and education ,mankind observed moral
degradation. In our day to day life moral values show
a negative graph.Their are several causes responsible
for the same but the most critical cause is absurd and
bogus education system.It has lost its charm.The
institutions from kindergarten to the university rank are
at the verge of moral decline. The youths become the
main victim to this deadly deasease.One cant garentee
the modesty safeness of our sisters and daughters
studying in our institutions. The way of talking,acting
and behaving of students reflects the rays of
immorality.Their is no well defined aim of their
education.Their is no sign of morality left. Who is
responsible and what is the reason ? The ans is big
that moral values education are not given much
emphasis in our curricu.Although our literature
,science etc is guidence our youth progress ,but moral
degraded progress.Unfortunately here the education
measured in terms of degrees and diplomas awarded
to a person without any weightage to morality.Co-edu
cation is also contributing towards unethicalness.A
lthough it sets healthy competition ,on the contrary it
effects chastity.The teachers are also responsible for
the same .Their fallout approach with students have
abstain the flavor of relationship. If this problem is not
solved ,it may certainly shatter the basis of our
civilization. So it is the need of hour to integerate
moral values education in our curriculum. Promoting
peer communication ,building a pure tearcher- learner
relationship and encouraging the islamic environment
will surely help in solving the issue Parents should
make their wards accountable .Students need to focus
on moral education .Teachers ought to set a living
example before their disciples as " values are caught
rather than taught