Education for a Better Future

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    Education is one of the important things in this world. “Seeking knowledge is mandatory for every Muslim, whether male or female.” (HR. Ibn Abdul Barr). From the hadith we can take the conclusion that Islam oblige followers to seek knowledge, both for men and women. Therefore we need to develop our education.

   So like I said education is important and it very useful in our life, but in fact, education today was not well implemented, take Indonesia for example, in Indonesia they prioritize on final score, so how bad you didn’t understand the lesson if your final score past it’s not a problem anymore, but how if the lesson that you didn’t understand suddenly appear in your life ? and how if there is many people that like this person ?

   From what I see they just memorize the answer, but not fully understand what it mean. However, Studying is not about knowing the subjects only. But more than that, studying is a process of learning and understanding the meaning.

“Educational Commission of UNESCO stated that an educational system should have four basics understanding of learning. Those are Learning to know, learning to do, learning to be, and learning to live together.”

“Learning to know  is teaching student to know knowledge based on their level of education. Students are asked to know something. Student should understand about the meaning of something. In this step, teacher should be more active to provoke student to develop their mind to find a meaning and knowing something.”

“Learning to do is taking student to the next level of learning. Here, students are asked to make actions, doing many things on exercises. Students are trained to apply their knowing and understanding of something, to be something real in practices. Exercises, practicing the instructions, and doing some tasks are the key of this second step. Here, students are prepared with some skills and individual interest to solve the problems in real life.”

“Learning to be is teaching student to be a human being completely. Here students are taught about the values of life. Students are asked to find the purpose of their life, the meaning of their self, and the future that they want to be. Students are being prepared to be someone better, better for them and others.”

“Learning to live together is teaching students to be someone as a part of society. Students are taught about the norms, rules, and the values of living together. Here, students are provoked to find their own meaning about living together, respect on diversity, and living in interdependence. Students are prepared to be someone useful for others with their knowledge and skills. Students are prepared to be someone who can combine among mind and heart. After this step, students are not only as a smart person but also as a human being with a feeling.”

Whatever your education in the future is it depend from how you face it now.

Courtesy of https://indonesiamengajar.org/cerita-pm/noveri-maulana/education-for-a-better-future