The Importance of Moral Education
Moral education is based on a complete ethical code to differentiate between what is right and what wrong is, vices and virtues, and to follow the good and right principles of life. It consists of some basic principles like truthfulness, honesty, chastity, hospitality, tolerance, love, kindness, and sympathy. No doubt, we have paid much attention towards education and also succeeded to impart more and more children belonging to far flung areas and other downtrodden areas. The slogan "education to all" is really admirable and praiseworthy, but our whole system of education revolves round a material thought.
As a result, we progressed a lot in the field of science and technology and a numberless quantity of youth residing in backward areas got a chance in receiving employment and absorbed themselves in different sectors to earn their bread and butter. With the passage of time, individualism reached at its peak and the modern civilized man has become totally self-centred, full of greed and selfish desires.
The Current Social Crisis
A vacuum remains in the society which is not being fulfilled because of lack of moral education in families as well as in education institutes. We observe indiscipline in every nook and corner if culprits and lawlessness, dishonesty, corruption and arrogance prevails everywhere. If our statesmen, highest officials occupying posts in judiciary, execution are corrupt and dishonest and snatched/grabbed the wealth of the nation. The assets they have acquired are often several times greater than their own sources of income.
We read about income tax and CBI raids on the residences of high officials. Wealth amounting to crores of rupees is recovered during these raids. These episodes affect second and third line office bearers and politicians. They also plunder the wealth of their jurisdiction without caring any results. "Might is right" and "the more we have, the more we want" has become the order of the day. Morality is totally destroyed and chaos and confusion is everywhere. Society has indulged in so many evils and unrest is seen everywhere.
The Path Forward
To get rid of the breakdown of the society, moral values are extremely important. We can build a society free from evils of corruption, hatred, avarice and jealousy. However high economic growth we achieve, whatever high amount of wealth do we accumulate, our society is afflicted by corruption, inequality and poverty if moral education is ignored.
It is the dire need of the hour to impart moral education to children from grass-root level. The syllabi of schools and colleges include moral education so that surely though slowly our society gets rid of evils and we can become role models for others. A great responsibility lies on the teachers to remove the ill feelings of jealousy.