At the outset we must have to
know the meaning and sense of Education before highlighting the Society so we
could recognize whether education helps to understand the society or not as
without going to background, deeply study the education and society as well as
without knowing their essence only to say that education helps to understand
society will not be upright. What is Education? What is the purpose of
Education? It is spiritual fact that education and knowledge is the property and
a bequest of Prophets and their deputies also it is a means of going to
supremacy. It is awareness about the Lord of Universe, awareness of His Heavenly
Books, awareness of His creatures and above all awareness how the mortal life is
led so that true success is got in immortal life so that we could not be ashamed
in the DoomsDay before Allah – the Lord of the Universe. Further, it is the
process of learning through Heavenly and Worldly Books and by following its
disciplines, works for the welfare of mankind and other creatures are carried
out. Someone says that it is self-enlightening activity as it gives knowledge,
builds character, leads to career progression, helps national progression and
closes prison of ignorance. Basically education can be divided into four
layers:-
i) Pre-School Education
ii) School Education (Primary to University level)
iii) Religious Education
iv) Spiritual Education
Pre-School Education:
It is the tutoring that is imparted by parents or other caring persons of child.
It is the critical education and if this education is given in enlightening way
the impact of it will determine the child’s future way of life and certainly
after grown up he would be a positive figure of the society. On the other end if
his pre-school education is gloomy it would put negative impact on his future
life and he might become a curse for the society.
School Education
Schooling education starts with varied age. Generally it spans over 16 years,
During this long period of education a person gets a lot of knowledge, trainings
and expertise from teachers, trainers and guardians which determine his future
positive activities if he follows the disciplines of training and teachings in
its true sense.
Religious Education
Generally there is no age and stage of religious education. It starts from the
birth and ends on death. It has been reported that religious education creates
conflicts amongst the people and divides people among different sects relating
to religion. But it is fact that if we remove religion from our lives conflict
would emerge with more extreme way rather than ends up. It is also fact that
without religion life is lifeless as man cannot get true satisfaction from
worldly education and he has to seek religious education for his mental and
spiritual satisfaction.
Spiritual Education
Spiritual education is a part of religious education as in spiritual education
spirit is refined instead of body because body is mortal whereas spirit is
immortal. Body is buried whereas spirit is varied. Body is visible whereas
spirit is invisible. Body can be captured whereas spirit cannot be captured. If
we want to rid of the time and space limitation we have to get perfection in
spiritual education and when perfection is got we can capture the time and
space. Perfection in spiritual education is not an easy task. It involves a lot
of practices, prayers, observing virtuosity and virtues under the guidance of
Heavenly Books then at last with the will of Allah perfection in spiritual
education is got.
Education and learning has great importance in the Universe and all the
developed countries are giving weight to Education in their Annual Budgets but
it is regretted that a large number of countries are not allocating reasonable
amount for boosting of education in their budgets due to which their youths are
scattered and involved in mal-practices. It is established fact that one factor
of extremism is lack of education therefore the countries who are far behind in
education must initiate strategy for boosting up education by way of similarity
in education system which certainly will reduce extremism and other social
evils. The developed and rich countries must help the poor countries for
boosting up education in their own interest.
Society:
Interaction with the people living in the area or areas is known as society
since they meet each other and have social relations as well as participate in
grief and happiness of one another. In broad way we can say that society is
social, industrial, economical, commercial, religious and spiritual interaction
with people irrespective of their faith, cast, status, nationality, sex and
religion because society is usually consisted of different ethnic groups. It may
also be possible that a society is consisted of a particular ethnic or religious
group. It has been reported that in some countries like the United State of
America, France and Latin America, the term “Society” is used in commerce to
express a partnership between investors or the start of business. In U.K.
partnerships are not called Societies but cooperatives or mutual interactions
are often known as Societies. As cry of one person is usually not heard by
authority against the cry of a group of people like this an organized society
can enable its members to benefit in different ways which would not otherwise be
possible on an individual basis.
Conclusion:
From the above discussion it has emerged clearly that Education is essential for
society as it helps to understand the disciplines of society. It provides the
knowledge of anthropology and sociology that serves not only the society but
also the nations and the governments of the world as a whole. Further society is
emotional brain whereas education is rational brain and evidently rational brain
supersedes emotional brain because it teaches not only skill but also sympathy
and empathy both. It is also clear that without education we cannot understand
the pros and cons of society and cannot benefit and protect ourselves from the
goodness and illness of society. As education gives significance to life and it
is never ending human activity like this interaction with society is never
ending phenomenon of the world. We need people and people need us as we are
dependent to each other. We cannot live without people and to understand people
education is a must. Education teaches us responsibilities and rights of human
beings which are integral parts of society as without observing responsibilities
we cannot claim our rights morally because responsibilities and rights travel
side by side. Further a civilized society cannot be emerged without education
and if a Government wants to establish civilized societies in their country it
must boost up education by way of setting up schools, colleges and universities
as well as vocational training centres in all over the country under war-footing
basis because only the education is the source of development, growth, ascent,
skill and strength of a nation. Education provides mental, physical and moral
training which helps society in diversified ways. As the basic objective of
education is mental, physical and moral training like this the basic objective
of an organized society is to provide moral and materials support to inhabitants
of the society and without true education it cannot be possible.
In the present age the moral deficiency which is being seen in the society can
certainly be attributed to lack of education which is creating troublesome and
spreading panic as well as alarming the people of the country which can only be
removed if youths are imparted and adorned with true education by way of One
Tier System and no anomaly in imparting education is witnessed. In short we can
bluntly say that education helps to understand society as it enlightens the
brain and removes the darkness from heart by following the teachings and
verdicts of Allah and His Heavenly Books.
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