purpose of education according to me is character building. However , my definition doesnt mean that the other the purpose is denied. Among our needs it is our physiological need to fulfil our tummies. After ur physiological needs are fulfilled only then can u think of other things. Like scientist get remuneration for their research so that they are free of the tension of earning and taking care of his ownself and his families.
a scientist with hunger pangs will come up with ideas of how to cook best recipe for lunch. a person with hunger thinks from his stomach than from his brain. But this doesnt mean that this is the only thing we need. As every one is selfish to some degree in his best intrests he wants to keep something better for himself than the other person which provides him motivation , this motivation may culiminate so that people heap huge amounts of money which are not for his immediate use. Yet knowledge that it buys everything brings him ways of achieving it in all the possible ways he can think of.
Human develpement is measured with bulk of its educated people. More educated people u have more character formation should have taken place of them.And more happily they should have been living. But we have example contrary to this belief. Although sole purpose of education is to shape our character, make us peaceloving, useful citizens who prefer to live in brotherhood with all diversities of beliefs. Srilanka is an example of the countries despite having very hight ratio of education ,peace is wanting there. there are continual communal strifes, fights.
Another country with high education rate is Israel but it is doer of evil , usurper of rights of palestinians. On a generalised level enemy of muslims.
We know USA has high no. of top ranking universities in top hundrad universities with names like Harvard, and MIT. It leads in science and technology. Most people are educated. But it acts like a watchdog of the world. It has killed many millions of people in Iraq , vietnam, hiroshima nagasaki, afganistan for all kinds of ulterior motives. it drives policies of all countries. pakistans policy is shaped with respect to america. indian strech their begging hand for nuclear deals. soviet union suffered at their impeccable war plans.
on a moral aspect their constitution gives them right to do all types of activties in the name of liberty. if u are over eighteen years u are entitled to all immoral activities. states takes responisbility only u report injustice was done to u. other wise its all ok.
we have taken so much from them in the good name of education all the immoral activities. our immature minds are continuously bombarded with their ideas and philosphies. we let it go. i think character building as a sole purpose of education is contradiction here.
with refrence to your question. Suppose there is a hypothetical city in which there are educated and uneducated people but there is no criteria of qualifications for requisite job. Who will most likely get the job in that city ? for example in that city there is vacany of the post of carpenter. And there are two candidates one who is educated in this particular skill , the other who just knows how to cut a peace of wood disregarding proportions in which it should have been cut. most likely the person with learning in that particular skill get that job. Likewise in history all educated people were more regarded than uneducated people, at any given time oppurtunities were available to educated people than the other group, they were respected , held in high positions because of their intrest in continual development of their virtues. plato had an academy in greek , he was held with high regards even now, and he definately lived his life with honor, his character was matchless. like wise people hold aristotle in the same coins. In those times there was no sophitication such as is present in our modern times like u got to be mba in order to get a certain job. muslim philosphers , scientist were held in same high positions of character and led happy , satisfying life . Imam gazzali held top level post in bhagdad, ibne rushid in west enjoyed same thing. same goes with ibe sina, ibn haitum.
At this point it is clear that purpose of education is twofold , and that it is more likely for an educated person at any given time to attain a job than an uneducated person. But question is why has the other most important function of education not been achieved? Answer is not simple. we are specialists in physics, we are specialists in medicine, we are specialists in aeronautics, we are specilist finding new petroleum reservoirs. but are we specialists at understanding ourselves? ofcourse we know deep , complicated anatomical strucutres and recess of our bodies but do we know how to control our anger ? do we know how to employ it judiciously, and when to employ it ? do we know how to help poor ? and if we do , do we feel the same peace of mind when we feed them as we feel with ourselves? Do we know how to be humble ? do we know how not be selfish? Do we know how not to decieve our friends? do we know how to ponder over things which wud earn us something in next life ? when will bonds of selfishness break ? when will genocide end? when will peace prevail?
See it is not the laws of gravitation which will teach u how to behave with ur elders, nor the projectile motion at 45 degree which will best achieve prayers of a poor man. nor organic chemistry which will teach u how to humble urself when u are robbed. it is this education which is missing. and it is my loud claim that we will lag behind as long as we lack it
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