Religious Education
The significance and value of learning and education is an evident fact in all cultures and religions. In Holy Bible and Holy Quran knowledge and learning is encouraged repeatedly as the major value in human life. But learning and education in religion is based on some particular kind of human understanding. It seems that he current situation in which learning and education is rendering ignore many religious perceptions. The aim of this paper is to deal with the religious part of learning and education and it is considered as the undeniable and necessary part of knowledge and learning. The writer attempts to display how Biblical and Islamic teachings lie down the very basic foundation of learning and education. The main idea both in Islam and Christianity as the basis of learning and education comes in term of spiritual understanding of humanity which is weakened and somehow ignored in current situation.
1. Introduction
Where dose learning processes go? What destination has education? Is education and learning process value free? There are many such questions that could not be ignored without coasts. We always think that by learning and education we could make desired favorable changes in young generation and thus we would shape our society and cultures. Knowledge and learning is itself a value. But careful contemplation reveals that there are values that knowledge itself has to follow them. Knowledge is considered as weapon without proper guidance may lead to disaster. It is a light when handed over to a thief, help in robbery. It is essential that we value education and realize that it can open doors for our young people. Education and its role in aiding young people to become good citizens are at the centre of public debate in many countries. Our young people are losing their way and falling victim to drugs, violence, prison, unemployment, and poor education. The feeling of loneliness depression must be added to g and working together for a brighter future for our young people. The absence of holistic view in education is evident and any serious attempt to overcome such problem as mentioned above has to pay effective attention to religion. Educational values and purpose could not be achieved if the knowledge of the essence of human purpose on earth is excluded or sidelined from education curriculum. Campuses are not isolated from the wider societies. The prevailing values and * Seyed Aliakbar Rabinataj E-mail address: sm.raninatag@gmail.com Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license. 630 Seyed Aliakbar Rabinataj and Ramezan Mahdavi Azadboni / Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 47 ( 2012 ) 629 – 633 philosophy in a country filters through her education system and as such directly affect younger generation. Religion by giving purpose and meaning to human life easily pave the educational way. Education is about transmitting the philosophy of life to the new generation and preparing
2. Pakistan appeared on the globe of the world as an
independent country in 1947 after the British rule
ended in India.
At the time of independence, Pakistan inherited an
educational system that was launched by a foreign
government before hundred years ago.
This system was established on economic, cultural,
social, and political notions that were totally dissimilar
from the ideologies of independent nations.
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