Essay On Moral Education

Introduction Education is an engine for economic, social and political transformation of a nation (Denga, 2005). By implication education is a very useful tool for self-development and development of the society. This means that education provides for the beneficiary’s knowledge, vocational/occupational skills and attitudes. It is stressed that, education sorts out people into scholastic and vocational groups. For the unskilled vocational group, it sorts people out into groups that do not require any specialized skills such as drug addicts, prostitutes, okada riders, cultists, food vendors, hawkers and so many others. (Okwori, 2011). This shows that, education also helps in the preservation and dissemination of the people’s culturedvalues as expressed in language, mode of dressing, form of marriage, social

It involves more than just mere knowledge. This is because society without acceptable moral and cultural values are considered dead in all its ramifications. The implication is that, the ultimate goal of education is to produce a sound moral character in the young. In the same vein, it is said that to educate a person in mind and not in morals, is to educate a menace to society. Moral education from ancient times has been a central concern of traditional and cultural education, thus, the training of the young ones to be able to adapt into the society he/she belongs. According to Nwabuisi (2000), moral education focused on values and the development of pupils’ powers of discernment and judgment. By implication, this is why traditional education considers moral values very important in the society. In agreement, Amali and Ojogbane (2004) had earlier opined that every society has some accepted morals and norms of behaviour, which are passed down from generation to generation. This forms part of the full training of the child as he/she grows within and outside his/her cultural