Education system and sense of moral values: a sociological study among the students of university of Dhaka

Abstract

Young generations as well as students always brought changes throughout the world. Especially in Bangladesh, students had taken a crucial role in the history of struggle. It is more important than the other students all over the world. Any movement of changes comes from the students historically in Bangladesh. In this country students are the conscience of nation. Universities have long been seen as institutions for preparing students as a man for life, both academically and as moral agents in society. In order to become capable, moral citizen, Students need to be provided with opportunities to learn moral values. But now-a-days moral degradation is increasing day by day in Dhaka University as well as all over the country. Education system has a close relationship with moral values. ‘Everyman is for himself’ it is the dialogue of present time. Reality or intelligence is selfishness and moral values are emotion and foolish vocabulary, this type of wrong teaching is given in everywhere. In the Sovereign Republic of Bangladesh, many types of education system are existing here. For this reason present education system is failed to build same national civic sense or collective sense. Education System also failed to create moral values and it is liable to create moral degradation. Students are running to career based education. Thus education system makes the students as well as the nation mechanical, immoral, selfish and individualistic. So, this study tries to explore the situation of existing education system and sense moral values.