Knowledge is power. But when knowledge is power! How much knowledge can be called power! Or any kind of knowledge power! How educated a man can be called wise! All these questions revolve in my mind nowadays. BCS cadre is a wise (!)What do you call this knowledge of the common man when crores of rupees are wasted in the stroke of a pen! Does wisdom always show people the right way or the wrong way! So what kind of knowledge teaches to do evil? The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is making allegations against all the criminals - almost all of them are knowledgeable, educated criminals. All the defaulters listed by Bangladesh Bank are educated and knowledgeable. Those who have squandered crores of rupees in the stock market are also educated and knowledgeable. About one hundred percent of those who are committing crimes in the recent world can be said to be knowledgeable, educated gentlemen. Then what knowledge is giving to the world!

Our discussion today is about that 'knowledge'. The Greek philosopher Plato institutionally defined knowledge as "proven true belief", although many analysts and philosophers disagree. According to him, proven, true, faith is the combination of these three knowledge. Not just if it is true; There must be a basis and belief in it is also a condition.

Then what is the power of practical knowledge! It may be said that knowledge is power only when it can be turned into a definite, orderly good deed. Knowledge has no value unless the acquired knowledge can be put into action. If there is knowledge, it will be useful - directly or indirectly, its benefits will be available.

In the last one hundred years or more in the world, many of the wise men and women who have been born and gained fame have had formal education or have had the opportunity to study in primary, school, college, university. From Socrates, Shakespeare, Napoleon, Plato to the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and beyond, there are many famous people who had less formal education. So they were uneducated? Didn't they become famous. Yes, they were also wise - their knowledge was dedicated to the welfare of man, the welfare of creationThomas Alva Edison did not study electrical engineering, Shakespeare did not study electrical engineering, the Willville Wright and Orville Wright brothers did not study aeronautical engineering, but their discoveries changed the world. This does not mean that there is no value in formal education. I think formal education is a system that people have created for themselves. The power of human thinking is beyond the reach of formal education in the world. Institutional education guides our thinking and helps us to think.

Teachers have learned how to teach. But what is the process of applying education, how much are they teaching? Education to finish the course curriculum? How far will this education and initiation take us, how much will it make people without the development of advanced thinking?

The world is moving forward in line with globalization by introducing systematic education over a period of time. In Japan, how to use the bathroom, how to wash hands before eating, these are taught in primary school. I also saw a primary school in Kolkata two years ago teaching the basin how to use it. During the past few World Cups, the Japanese have been seen at the end of the stadium where the Japanese have been sitting and the cleaning staff has not had to clean up after the game. The Japanese are picking up the leftovers themselves. Where did the Japanese get this education? Definitely at school. The school yard, classroom, own reading room, bed, etc. are learning daily life from the school. Seeing the condition of residential halls in the public universities of our country will change the perception that the meritorious students of Bangladesh study here. Yes, of course talented! If they didn't have talent, they wouldn't get a chance there. But what is the merit of that talent? Scholarship only. Not the talent of life, not the talent of morality. Which is why no one wants to rent a bachelor in a city house. Because, a bachelor home means dirty, untidy. But the hall of residence of this public university, those who live in the bachelor mess will one day be the governor of Bangladesh Bank, a great public servant and will run the country. In Aristotle's words, "Education is to create a healthy mind in a healthy body." Then how can a well-educated, knowledgeable people serve a healthy country in a sick environment!In today's society, teachers are not respected by the students because the parents do not understand the importance of teachers to their children and the teachers are presenting themselves to the students in a different way. Students think they are a machine to make money rather than honor. So students are also learning. Where will we find the knowledge of morality, the knowledge of respect, the knowledge of love, the knowledge of humanity? Certainly from educational institutions, families and elders. But those elders, educational institutions or families are talking about education only to make money, to be good, to be influential. According to Socrates, "education is the eradication of falsehood and the development of truth." Yes, the question is here, how much lies are being resisted by the educated or knowledgeable people of our present society or state and how much truth is being developed or vice versa - educated people are most responsible for the amount of crime and destruction in the society.

"Education is what not only provides us with information but also builds our lives in harmony with fidelity." This is about Rabindranath Tagore. Education was started in prehistoric times by older people to impart the necessary knowledge and skills training to the youth in the society. It was mainly verbal and imitation. Through storytelling, knowledge, respect, affection, love, values ​​and skills have been passed down from one generation to the next. The point here is clear. At the core of education was the acquisition of knowledge. Acquiring knowledge of sense of justice, acquiring knowledge of human rights, acquiring knowledge of truth and falsehood, acquiring knowledge of the welfare of others, acquiring knowledge of surviving guilt, acquiring knowledge of not killing people's money from banks, etc.

So what is standing - this wise man (!)Are good people growing at that rate? Education without human morality is the name of poor education, which lowers man to a lower level than the beast. And human moral education keeps man in the status of the superiority of creation. Education for education does not help people to develop humanity. Moral education is the education that combines morality with human life. There is a close relationship between morality and humanity. The nature of morality is manifested through the assembly of virtues such as honesty, fairness, idealistic attitude etc. Moral education is essential for our noble, honest and beautiful life. The thing to think about is how much morality is involved in the current education structure!

Values ​​are the greatest asset of human beings. Moral education gives birth to moral values. The main basis of moral education and values ​​is the harmony of knowledge acquired with natural knowledge. Moral education is one of the regulators of human achievement. Moral values ​​are the relative standard of judging all the welfare, good intellect and good thoughts of human life and its opposite intellect and thoughts. Moral values

Another view of the scholars regarding the purpose of education is, "The goal of education should be to build the character of the student." Our parents spend money on education behind us to earn money. ‘I am spending money on my child because he will earn money when he grows up’ is our goal now. ‘Money brings money.’ Either way. Due to which respect in the society is determined on the basis of how much money the child earns monthly.

Education develops civilization. Teaches to analyze the atoms of civilization. Education has turned people from wild life to the light of civilization. Lack of education may not have been important to those who once lived in the forest. Learning from that jungle, knowledge has gradually made him civilized and with that knowledge there must have been values ​​- there was the idea of ​​benevolence, the attitude of welfare.

No one has the hobby or taste of living without spine. Education makes people human. Especially in the society, everyone wants to live with their neck raised and their spine straight. Many of us boast of being ‘educated’, but we are not aware of what the real form of education should be. That is why some of us adopt the method of education and some of us adopt the method of institution. We spend about one-third of our lives in that formal education to build our backbone straight and strong.

Then I put the hard-earned education to the test step by step to prove its authenticity.

Even today's small children have understood well that if you have money, you can get a certificate in a crooked way. Otherwise, why the fifth class exam questions will be leaked!

Acquiring as much knowledge as you can today to pass exams and make your career better. Then where will the respect, love and respect for people come from in education and learning. Today, when the VC is forced to share the development budget of the university with the highest educated students, one wonders what will happen to the country if those students are established at a higher level of administration or politics. Almost every day news of various scandals related to education is published.

The use of memorization is increasing through the adoption of institutional methods. Students also learn memorization and this is how it develops. It does not develop the creative innovative capacity of the brain. This method is job oriented. Students tend to know how to get a good job only after finishing their studies, that is, it will become a means of earning money.

As a result, they grow up with individualistic thinking and selfishness. We need to know that education system develops human knowledge, improves the quality of human consciousness, stimulates creative thinking, helps people to create something new. If human values ​​are not created, welfare thoughts will not come, only self-centered tendencies will continue to grow.

So now the question may come, are those who are succeeding in various issues in our country getting their own efforts, their own power. The progress of the education system of the country helps in the success of more people in all these matters, enhances human values, develops positive thinking. People's values ​​have started to decline due to the shortcomings of the education system. People don't think about people anymore. So even when we see a sick person dying on the sidewalk, we don't extend a hand of cooperation, we just walk away. Why is this happening? This negative education can never be real education. It is not possible to get a real education just by getting a big degree. Education must be accompanied by culture, taste, humanity. The light of education brings good to the society and the country, good to the people, good to the people.

The manifestation of ‘man’ lies in the sense of humanity, the development of humanity and the effective presence of humanity. Everyday small talk, small usage, laughter-mystery, a little help, a little affection, a little kindness to the helpless, a little humility, a little courtesy develops humanity. Although ‘man’ is innately known as ‘man’, the acquisition of ‘humanity’ is a long process. Poet Guru Rabindranath said, "One will choose the good from the conflict of good and evil by conscience, not by custom.

The relationship of humanity with education is intense. Education is the path of overall development of human beings.

Through education, people get the best opportunity of free thought, free intellect and self-expression to make the way of practicing humanity easy, beautiful and pure.

There is no injustice in a society with moral ideals. As long as the society is free from bribery, corruption, deprivation, exploitation, selfishness, it reflects the ideology of morality. Moral education and values ​​enrich a person's mind and bring him peace of mind. By saying that a person becomes strong and becomes free from all kinds of impurities. He can recognize the truth as truth, recognizes lies as lies which is the result of moral values. Therefore, moral education and values ​​are essential for the development and progress of the spiritual, social and national life of the people. The teaching of those values ​​starts from the family. There are many ways to teach a child values. A child needs to be taught to greet, to say goodbye, to say thank you, not to lie. The education that the child receives in the family is later completed by going to school. The process of teaching values ​​to students from infant class continues step by step. Children learn the lessons of truthfulness, patriotism, kindness, forgiveness, compassion, self-sacrifice, sense of humanity, etc. from the educational institutions and develop as enlightened people. Education that does not develop the human intellect or the heart is not education. Although he studied in the highest educational institution of the country, he failed to get moral education.

Despite receiving education due to lack of morality, everyone from young to old gets involved in various misdeeds. The people of our society have started a massive erosion of moral values ​​due to lack of moral education. The only cheating competition around. Everyone is running insane in the competition of who can be big by doing injustice. People come to earth as innocent. Then the environment as well as the whole life learns in this world. If one is immersed in anti-social activities like lying, non-idealism, disorder, bribery, forgery, robbery, etc., then instead of improving the people, degradation will take place. In today's society, it is not possible to expect good things from adults, and children are often reluctant to do so. The image of human misery in the home today. It can be seen that adults mean education and exams and ‘A’ plus and improvement of life means money and prestige. As a result, students do not find a greater sense of life in education.

The question of the overall well-being of mankind, the sky, the water and all the animals of the earth and the whole world is involved with the education and acquisition of knowledge of man. To love people, to be saddened by someone's sorrow, to be happy in happiness. Knowledge can be strength and superpower only by engaging in social work, trusting and respecting people, mutual cooperation, etc