GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

While families are the first socializing agents, which inculcate moral values in a child, the role played by schools in this regard is also indispensable. Discuss.

Answered by 7 toppers · CSE 2018–2020

Syllabus: Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics - in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values.

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The toppers’ answers

Akshat JainAIR 2 · CSE 2018 · 184 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

A person is a manifestation of his surroundings. In this respect, families are like nurseries of human development. A child spends his/her maximum time with family, and thus his early personality is shaped by the values of the family.

If a family is like a nursery, then schools are like the playground of human development. Their role can be seen as follows -

Body · points

  1. The teachers are like 2nd parent to a child. A child not only learns the value taught, but also the values exhibited by teachers themselves.

  2. School is where a child develops his own thinking, and judge whether values taught at home are ethical or not. e.g. A child taught at home that girls are weak, might realize that this is purely unethical, while learning at school.

  3. A child's friend circle at school is a huge influence on him.

  4. Values learnt at school are likely to last a lifetime, due to the age in which they develop.

Close · a way forward

Thus our schooling system must inculcate strong moral values, for the child of today is the leader of the nation tomorrow.

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