The Lost Profession
Education is a great mission
that carries within it a life system that organizes a person’s existence in all
its aspects and elevates him to the human level, so that he does not become
like the rest of the animals. It is knowledge and learning, as it is morals and
manners, just as it is upbringing and behavior. Therefore, it has become a
great mission that a human being needs throughout his entire life.
Education Beyond
Knowledge
Education does not stop at acquiring
knowledge only, but among its main foundations are upbringing and good morals.
Allah, the Exalted, described His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon
him) with learning, as He said: “Read, ˹O
Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created” (Al-‘Alaq 96:1). And regarding morals and upbringing He said: “And you are truly ˹a man˺ of
outstanding character” (Al-Qalam 68:4).
Lack of
Qualifications
These days, however, the phenomenon of
private tutoring has spread, disregarding the principles of education. Those
who engage in it rely on students’ memorization skills for the curriculum until
the end of the exam, without paying attention to upbringing, good morals, or
cultural enrichment. Their main goal is collecting money and improving their
conditions. The disaster is that some of them do not even have experience in
education or teaching. A private tutor could be an engineer, an administrator,
or a well-read worker who takes from the curriculum, understands it as he sees
fit, without foundations, and delivers it to students.
One day, a woman who was on her way to give
a private lesson was asked as she entered a house: “Shouldn’t you be at your
workplace in the school right now?” She faltered in her reply and could not
find a justification.
Where is the ministry’s role in curbing
such practices?! Our children are not truly learning; they are merely
transmitters of knowledge that they forget after a short while. This, despite
the fact that there are Kuwaiti teachers who studied and taught
knowledge, upbringing, and morals through the ministry’s curricula—yet the
ministry prohibits them from giving private lessons while overlooking others.
A Call for Solution
We need a constructive dialogue to solve this issue, as one of its drawbacks is that
it teaches the student memorization and copying rather than understanding and
using the mind.
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Source: Al-Anba Newspaper
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