The overall responsibility of the school administration should be to inculcate moral values in their students and develop them intellectually, ethically, and morally so that our future generation will create a good society
Mohd Abass Dar
Starting with the definition of moral education, it is the process of teaching a person the difference between right and wrong and helping them develop good values and behaviour in life. However, in this highly competitive age, we see the flourishing of education and knowledge on a large scale, with parents investing everything in the hope of building their children’s academic careers and making them doctors, teachers, or government employees. Yet the greatest problem seen in today’s education is the lack of moral education, which is also an important part of the overall development of students.
The absence of moral education results in students exhibiting rude and rough behaviour toward teachers, parents, elders, and others. Besides this, we often see increasing cases of dishonesty, lack of respect for others, and selfish behaviour among people. Issues like corruption, violence, and intolerance are, in many ways, the outcome of a lack of strong moral values. When children grow up without understanding the difference between right and wrong, society as a whole suffers.
Education does not mean filling students’ minds with facts only; it involves the development of values such as respect, honesty, good behaviour, and manners, which are unfortunately seen as lacking in the majority of students nowadays. This reminds me of the famous quote by Aristotle: “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” In addition to the acquisition of knowledge, the teaching of moral values such as respect for elders and teachers, the importance of honesty, and the value of good manners and good character is absolutely essential, as this will help in the production of good citizens as well.
In today’s world, we unfortunately see the majority of people turning into hooligans and exhibiting rough and wicked behaviour despite their so-called high academic qualifications. This is possibly attributed to the lack of moral education practice in the majority of schools and colleges, which consequently leads students to mistakenly believe that the meaning of getting an education is simply to know and memorise facts for passing exams.
Therefore, the overall responsibility of the school administration should be to inculcate moral values in their students and develop them intellectually, ethically, and morally so that our future generation will create a good society.
The writer, a PG in English Literature, is a teacher at DPS School, Dooru
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