By Irfanullah Tareen
Without any doubt, students can face serious issues as a result of not teaching social and moral values in schools. When it’s time for them to make decisions about their future, students frequently argue. The dearth of social values among students may jeopardize their future. By instilling social values in students at school, many incidents can be prevented. This article aims to demonstrate the significance of teaching and learning social values in education for students’ future.
According to several sources and educators, a lack of social values sometimes encourages students to become young offenders and pregnant adolescent mothers, particularly in the younger generation; For instance, they are being forced to believe that what they are doing is right because they are not showing respect for other people, are not tolerant of people who think differently from them, or simply lack the self-discipline to make the right choices.
In the same way, we witness almost every day how a scantiness of social values badly influences our children’s development and ability to succeed in life. Respect, tolerance, equality, and honesty are a few examples of social values that contribute to a person’s strong and secure personality. As a consequence, any individual’s life can suffer severely if these values are not upheld. These outcomes include homicide, drug use, and teen pregnancies.
Even though the amount of signs proves that these dangerous causes are the effects of not revealing social values, we still have people that are against promoting social values in schools. If society does not want to keep seeing these deceitful results because of the lack of social values, we need to consider implementing social values in school.
Moreover, the consequences of avoiding teaching values in schools can create grave problems for students. Students tend to get in conflict when it is time to make choices that it can be regarding their future. The future of students can be compromised by the lack of social values in them. Many incidents can be avoided by educating students social values in educational institutions.
Of course, if society does not want to keep seeing these deceitful results because the lack of social values, we need to consider implementing social values in school. Teaching social values in schools will ensure in students to have a stronger self-esteem, to have self-respect and respect to others, and to be tolerance; consequently, it will prevent students from undertaking wrong decisions. Teaching social values in schools can be achieved through a combination of direct instruction, modeling, and experiential learning. Integrating social-emotional learning (SEL) into the curriculum, fostering a positive school climate, and engaging students in community service are effective strategies.
Indeed, the more we strive to improve social values in children , the better we can shape a healthy and prosperous society.
