Volume : 7, Issue : 1, JAN 2021

MORAL VALUE- AN UNAVOIDABLE PART OF MODERN EDUCATION

UDAY GHOSH

Abstract

Schools have long been seen as institutions for preparing children for life, both academically and as moral agents in society. In order to become capable and moral citizens, children need to be provided with opportunities to learn moral values. However, little is known about how teachers enact social and moral values programs in the classroom. The aim of this article is to investigate the moral education of the children with a critical attention paid to the allocation of responsibility. The paper tried to answer the question: ‘Who gives the child his moral education, is it a collective responsibility or the sole responsibility of an institution’? The answer is that It’s not only teachers in schools that can impart moral education to the children, but that the parents also play an exigent role in making the children aware of the importance of leading life ethically.

Keywords

CHILDREN, MODERN EDUCATION, MORAL VALUES, PARENTS, TEACHERS.

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