This is the season where parents rush madly to get admission in high end schools and colleges for their children. We receive a lot of information in schools and colleges each day. But first of all we should know the true meaning of education. Intellectual education influences the head and value based education influences the heart. In fact the education that does not train the heart can be dangerous.
If we have to build character in our offices, homes and society, we must achieve a minimum level of moral and ethical literacy. Education that builds fundamental traits of character such as honesty, compassion, courage, persistence and responsibility is absolutely essential. We don’t need more academic education, but we need more value education.
I would stress that a person who is morally educated will be a lot better equipped to move up in life or succeed than a normal bankrupt person with excellent academic qualifications. Character building, teaching values and ethics come in the formative years because a child is not born with this knowledge.
True education is training of both the head and the heart. An uneducated thief may steal from the freight car but an educated one may steal the entire railroad. The most important thing one can learn is to learn to learn. People confuse education with the ability to memorize facts and the education of the mind without morals creates a menace to the society.
Choose a place where your kid can study with free mind. Today most of the schools are just getting commercial. It's high time we create an environment for kids where they can actually 'Learn' than memorize.
