Education is to impart knowledge, skill, peace, understanding and gentleness. Knowledge is transformed into wisdom by good education. Schools and universities impart knowledge and develop the skills in students. The values we acheive from education must closely be linked with man’s intellect, will and heart. So education should give importance to moral values such as truth, honesty, love peace and obedience.
Acquisition of knowledge and development of skills without discipline will be of no use to humanity. So education should give importance to moral values such as truth, honesty, love peace and obedience. Character alone maketh a man. The education which moulds one’s character perfect is a good education. Respecting all the religions and serving. Schools and universities impart knowledge and develop the skills in students.
Respecting all the religions and serving one’s society for its betterment must be the basic value of education. They loss control of the body and the body ceases to function. Slowly they become a block of wood in this world. Skills such as a subject skills, technical skills, writhing and reading skills will be useless without moral values. Gentleness is one of the values explained by Sri V. K. Gokak, critic and prolific writer. It means the ability to remain calm and not to loss temper when insulted.
Cardinal Newman in his essay, ‘Gentleman’, writes that a gentleman avoids clash of opinion, clash of feelings, etc., to make life smooth around him. Skills such as a subject skills, technical skills, writhing and reading skills will be useless without moral values. Slowly they become a block of wood in this world. Gentleness is one of the values explained. People blame science for modernizing wars. Bronowsk says that science is not responsible for the existence.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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