Education
Education is very important but there is a lack of understanding of its importance among people, even the politicians who rule country and also the so-called intellectuals of society.
The aim of our life is being set as becoming a highly paid professional, sacrificing morality, religion and righteous actions. There is virtually no effective morality and religious teaching in homes and schools, and no initiative to teach children to care for the poor & needy, become humble, simple and hard working in nature, respect elders and become an advocator of good things. This is quite apparent in some of the things happening around us. Sons of rich parents are going out for joyrides with loud music in expensive vehicles paying no attention to the safety & problems of the people in the road.
I read in a weekly of 10th July an article that many college students work as prostitutes for earning money. There are students who have multiple girl friends or boy friends (and multiple phone numbers), although these things are strictly prohibited in our religion. Many students, including meritorious students, are drug and alcohol addicts, although they very well know it is prohibited by our religion.
Goodness is not judged by whether someone knows engineering, maths or not. It should be whether his views and actions are modest and decent.
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