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Character education is a term which is often heard and everyone claims to know what this term means. But in actual terms there are not so many people who have a clear understanding of this very important phrase. To comprehend this term, let’s begin with the term character. What is character? A character is the reflection of ones personality. Your traits, your habits, what you do, what you say, the way you walk, talk, eat, deal with people all comprises your character and personality.

Character education is, as defined by Lickona, “the deliberate, proactive effort to develop good character in kids—or, more simply, to teach children right from wrong. It assumes that right and wrong do exist, that there are objective moral standards that transcend individual choice—standards like respect, responsibility, honesty, and fairness—and that we should teach these directly to young people.”

In simpler words, character education means teaching good moral values, giving a concept of right and wrong, good and evil. Providing character education to kids includes all kind of your interaction with them, it’s in the way you talk to them, the behaviors you exhibit, the actions you encourage etc. In your every kind of dealing with the kids… Continue reading

Afghanistan has been a land of challenges. Whether it’s political turmoil, financial anxiety, land mine nightmares, constant coups or recurring wars, Afghanistan has bore the brunt of its ugly fate. To achieve constant progress however, the country has tried to overcome various problems and has successfully emerged up in many situations. Take its Education sector for instance. Plight of education in Afghanistan had seldom been fine, until King Zahir Shah came and took serious actions. King Zahir Shah (early to mid 20th Century) built primary schools for students under the age of 12, along with strengthening the secondary school system and increasing the number of national universities in Kabul. This move was a first step towards laying a stronger foundation for education. Though a large part of population still remained illiterate, it was a bold move nevertheless.Then in the mid 1980s the country had around 800 primary schools, 300 general secondary schools and about 6500 students in Kabul University. Such low figures are due to the widespread destruction that took place, which also eliminated up to 80 percent of the schools and colleges. Resultant, a large portion of Afghanistan generation grew up without any formal schooling.The year 1996 once… Continue reading

Education is the ladder to success. It includes both the process of learning and the manner of teaching. The word also implies the proper conduct, cultivation of skills, and moral development of a person. But can education give us the kind of life we are seeking for? Can education give us all the things that we wanted? How powerful education is?

People need education for him to be responsible enough. Education opens up the door of development and the windows of opportunity for us to show up ourselves in the society. Education may take different forms. It can be verbal or in the form of actions. It can be obtain by enrolling ourselves in universities, academies, state colleges or in simpler word, school. These educational institutions teach, nurture, and develop the skills of every student. This is the place where a responsible citizen of his country is molded.

Education, in general, is a very broad topic to discuss that is why we really need to divide it into pieces for us to understand about what education really is. Aside from this, it is useful for it transformed an uncivilized man into a modern one, it is also a way… Continue reading