Why we get education for better job or for a better character?

so simple anarkali
every person is seeing a dream only,after the hard prepration in education,he will be becaming a permanant officer in govt or private sector,then he collect for his better future comes and also every person need personal car ,banglow,bank balance and alot of things,and if his monthly income is not reliable to buy these things then he do curruption alot of wrong methods he using to buy these things,in my mind this is totally wrong and failure,
1st do word hard and be a good moral character officer
2nd dont see others money make own money with honesty
3rd this is a trial life of people the real life will start after the qayamat
4rd so keep concerntrate to talk truth and dont do impeness after the achieving target.

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I think in this materialistic world of today, where everyone's running blindly behind money, education is only & only attained, to get a high job and to live a respectable livelihood....There are hardly a few pple. left who think abt. the latent functions of education like charchter buliding, personality development and religious obligation etc...But, regardless of the fact, whether pple. hav in their minds the obj. of character building or not, education definately serves for character building...Apparently it seems to just get a job, the very next day u get ur degree....but character building (which is not the manifest function of edu.) is never a neglected fact...Its all how an individual percieves it...
But what a pitty for our country,where talented youth inspite of having degrees in their hands are roaming around in search of jobs...

Worthy members may hav different opinions, but tats what I think....


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purpose of education according to me is character building. However , my definition doesnt mean that the other the purpose is denied. Among our needs it is our physiological need to fulfil our tummies. After ur physiological needs are fulfilled only then can u think of other things. Like scientist get remuneration for their research so that they are free of the tension of earning and taking care of his ownself and his families.
a scientist with hunger pangs will come up with ideas of how to cook best recipe for lunch. a person with hunger thinks from his stomach than from his brain. But this doesnt mean that this is the only thing we need. As every one is selfish to some degree in his best intrests he wants to keep something better for himself than the other person which provides him motivation , this motivation may culiminate so that people heap huge amounts of money which are not for his immediate use. Yet knowledge that it buys everything brings him ways of achieving it in all the possible ways he can think of.
Human develpement is measured with bulk of its educated people. More educated people u have more character formation should have taken place of them.And more happily they should have been living. But we have example contrary to this belief. Although sole purpose of education is to shape our character, make us peaceloving, useful citizens who prefer to live in brotherhood with all diversities of beliefs. Srilanka is an example of the countries despite having very hight ratio of education ,peace is wanting there. there are continual communal strifes, fights.
Another country with high education rate is Israel but it is doer of evil , usurper of rights of palestinians. On a generalised level enemy of muslims.
We know USA has high no. of top ranking universities in top hundrad universities with names like Harvard, and MIT. It leads in science and technology. Most people are educated. But it acts like a watchdog of the world. It has killed many millions of people in Iraq , vietnam, hiroshima nagasaki, afganistan for all kinds of ulterior motives. it drives policies of all countries. pakistans policy is shaped with respect to america. indian strech their begging hand for nuclear deals. soviet union suffered at their impeccable war plans.
on a moral aspect their constitution gives them right to do all types of activties in the name of liberty. if u are over eighteen years u are entitled to all immoral activities. states takes responisbility only u report injustice was done to u. other wise its all ok.
we have taken so much from them in the good name of education all the immoral activities. our immature minds are continuously bombarded with their ideas and philosphies. we let it go. i think character building as a sole purpose of education is contradiction here.
with refrence to your question. Suppose there is a hypothetical city in which there are educated and uneducated people but there is no criteria of qualifications for requisite job. Who will most likely get the job in that city ? for example in that city there is vacany of the post of carpenter. And there are two candidates one who is educated in this particular skill , the other who just knows how to cut a peace of wood disregarding proportions in which it should have been cut. most likely the person with learning in that particular skill get that job. Likewise in history all educated people were more regarded than uneducated people, at any given time oppurtunities were available to educated people than the other group, they were respected , held in high positions because of their intrest in continual development of their virtues. plato had an academy in greek , he was held with high regards even now, and he definately lived his life with honor, his character was matchless. like wise people hold aristotle in the same coins. In those times there was no sophitication such as is present in our modern times like u got to be mba in order to get a certain job. muslim philosphers , scientist were held in same high positions of character and led happy , satisfying life . Imam gazzali held top level post in bhagdad, ibne rushid in west enjoyed same thing. same goes with ibe sina, ibn haitum.
At this point it is clear that purpose of education is twofold , and that it is more likely for an educated person at any given time to attain a job than an uneducated person. But question is why has the other most important function of education not been achieved? Answer is not simple. we are specialists in physics, we are specialists in medicine, we are specialists in aeronautics, we are specilist finding new petroleum reservoirs. but are we specialists at understanding ourselves? ofcourse we know deep , complicated anatomical strucutres and recess of our bodies but do we know how to control our anger ? do we know how to employ it judiciously, and when to employ it ? do we know how to help poor ? and if we do , do we feel the same peace of mind when we feed them as we feel with ourselves? Do we know how to be humble ? do we know how not be selfish? Do we know how not to decieve our friends? do we know how to ponder over things which wud earn us something in next life ? when will bonds of selfishness break ? when will genocide end? when will peace prevail?
See it is not the laws of gravitation which will teach u how to behave with ur elders, nor the projectile motion at 45 degree which will best achieve prayers of a poor man. nor organic chemistry which will teach u how to humble urself when u are robbed. it is this education which is missing. and it is my loud claim that we will lag behind as long as we lack it

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INTRODUCTION

Before going to answer, first let's clear what is meant by education today...

is it getting a degree in Engineering, MBBS, MBA, BS, M.Phil, Ph.D, etc.?

is it learning skills like carpentry, electrician, designing, etc.?

is it getting a military education and training?

is it getting religious education?


Yes, all of the above are the education.


WHY WE GET EDUCATION?

There are various reasons that why one gets education:

1. In case of middle class and below middle class societies, the main purpose (besides others) of education is to acquire skills and knowledge that would be helpful in sustaining the necessity of a good life and improve their status to higher one.

2. In case of a upper class (economically very sound), the need of education is to enhance the status of an individual; family; or upper class society.

3. In case of very poor section of society, they do not have means to get their children or themselves better educated; if they do so, it would affect their daily earning that is barely sufficient to cover their necessities of life. However, they strive for getting good education in order to enhance their earning.

Therefore, the main purpose of education is to make one a contributive member of society and to make one able to sustain the needs of his family. But does one get a good character or better character after getting the above mentioned education?

DOES EDUCATION GUARANTEES GOOD CHARACTER?

1. Today, we see in Pakistan that some doctors are stealing kidneys and selling them to the foreigners on lucrative prices.

2. Yesterday, in Karachi, a recently built bridge has been collapsed; it is because of the dishonesty and greed of some blacksheeps that could be Engineers and high officials in the departments.

3. In Lal Masjid Crisis, when Maualana Abdul Aziz caught in fleeing by wearing a "Burqa", soon afterwards he said that "ISLAM ALLOWS FLEEING WITH A TACIT REFERENCE TO THE PROPHET'S (PBUH) FLEEING FROM MECCA TO MADINA" and in this way he justified his wearing of Burqa while fleeing. Isn't this gross betrayal of Muslims as well as maligning the religion Islam?

4. Lots of military personnels have been caught in corruption and various big scandals; for example, one of them is "Acquiring faulted trains" from China and afterwards the guilty military educated person said "It was in good-faith".

By seeing the above examples we see that getting education even religious one does not guarantee a sound and honest character.

WHAT IS REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR A BETTER CHARACTER?

Off course, education is the necessity and it inculcates the utmost principles of making one honest, and having good character; but, it depends upon the person who acquiring it.

For example, if one getting religious education and learns that "Cheating" or "Lying" is a sin. He/She gets the knowledge or education but it depends on her to apply it. If he/she applies this learning practically and avoid "lying" and "cheating" then he/she has one of a good character, otherwise, not a good one.

Take the example of the profession of doctors; they take "HIPPOCRAT OATH" not to violate the medical ethics; their education taught them the qualities of a good character and practice but it depends upon the Doctor to apply it or not.


CONCLUSION

Now, the ultimate answer to your question:

By getting education means not that one is good in character, until or unless, he/she practically fulfills what an education taught him/her.

It depends upon us that how we realize the purpose of that good education. And also the purpose of this education is to give us important knowledge and skills necessary for our livelihood which is also according to a Hadees, "EARNING A LIVELIHOOD BY HONEST MEANS IS ALSO WORSHIP OF ALLAH"

To conclude, we can inculcate in our future generations to be credible in following the "Ethics", "Morals", "Lofty Principles of righteousness" in their personality. The initial days of children are the most important days in their life. Whatever they are taught have a lifelong influence upon their personality, behavior or conduct. Therefore, parents and guardians should be more conscious in moulding the character of the future doctors, engineers, leaders, technicians, scholars, etc.

And last but not the least, even an "illiterate sweeper" could be good and far more better in character, righteousness than a Professor, Doctor, Engineer, or whatever you could think of.

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not many but most of ppl get education keeping in mind thei vacant bank accounts.thre are few who get edu for it`s real usage




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jk

"why we get education for better job or for a better character?"
our way of thinking affects our life, and purposes are affected by our way of approaching them.as for as education is concerned if we say 100 times that we are getting education for the sake of improvement in our character but reality lies beyond this.we select the profession which is money making.by keeping dollers in veiw we often face failure as we are not approaching it in a way it demands.
we adsorb the things-not absorb as we are always in hurry and try to seek the shortcuts.yet exceptionals are always there who try to get the real charm of education and do it in proper ways.we have two ways of learning,first,getting education for the purpose of perks and priviledges which has no influence on our character.second,for character building it will affect us morally and later economically as well(a work done with sincerity always lead to success)
different opinions for the same thing differ the results.so for the success of life its neccessary to choose the second way which makes you satisfied with what u impound...

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The purpose of education is the preservation and enhancement of knowledge and the development of character within our given form of society which will best prepare the individual for the conditions of extreme novelty the near future is bringing and to earn Rizq-e-Halal.

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Realistically speaking, unemployment is one of the major problems in our country, which is a vivid hurdle in the development of human character. It is generally acceptable that if we look at most of the students who are getting education, they would be more inclined towards a charming career. For the attainment of their goal, they come across various institutions and academies, where they have got to pay out huge amount of money. These institutions have turned education into a lucrative business as they charge a great deal of money to the students as their fees. The majority of students belonging to middle or lower middle class family hardly manage to bear their educational expenses. They deem of a chequered life and wish to enter in elite class. In is unjustifiable to put the whole blame to students. I would hold all the institution and universities responsible for having drawn this entire picture. Let me illustrate, whenever we visit an institution or go through the advertisement of any university, they would be seen giving guarantee of an attractive and good job not a good man. They never claim to make a Neoton or Einstyon. Even Govt. is blatantly paying attention to the quantity of education rather than the quality of education. We will have to change our attitude and minds set and think ahead of time in order to ensure a better society equipped with both educational and moral qualities.