THE recent hoo-ha about fake degrees and degrees from degree mills has brought to the fore the hypocrisy of the teaching of moral education and religious studies in our schools.
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Children are taught in schools that they must be honest, that integrity is important, that they must be humble. Yet in adult life all these can be thrown aside and we then wonder why our society’s morals are on the decline.
Did those whose names have become popular because of their fake/unrecognised degrees not go through moral and religious education? Were they not taught about honesty, about integrity, about “maruah”, about humility?
Morals are not taught through formal classroom lessons alone. More importantly they are taught through the behaviour of society. If the society upholds the values taught in moral lessons in schools, then the message of the morals sinks in deeply and makes the character of the society moral.
What we are seeing is that some adults in important places are not following the morals they should have learnt in school, be it through moral or religious education classes.
They don’t show humility as they want to impress people with “degrees” from this and that university.
They don’t care about honesty and integrity and are bold enough to “kelentong” the public about their academic credentials.
They think nothing about stooping so low to impress the public about their “abilities”, including the ability to pull fast ones.
What is saddening is that many “educated” people in high offices are not angry about the immoral, dishonest representations made by these “degree holders”.
They argue that it does not matter whether a minister has a degree or not as long as he can perform his duties. This sidesteps the real issue which is the immorality of making false claims. They condone the dishonesty.
What then is the point of teaching moral and religious education in schools if in real life, particularly political life, morals do not matter?
So morals in Malaysia are only needed in text books and not needed in real life. Then why trouble the teachers with teaching moral values? – February 11, 2019.
* Ravinder Singh reads The Malaysian Insight.
* This is the opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insight. Article may be edited for brevity and clarity.
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Comments
Posted 7 years ago by Roger 5201 · Reply
Posted 7 years ago by Ravinder Singh · Reply
Those politicians with "fake" accreditation would be found out in an instant if they worked in an institution in the private sector. In Malaysia, however, politics is the last refuge of private sector "failures" who see politics as a "skim cepat kaya". Its the only way they know to be wealthy, by hook or by crook, legally or illegally.
Why? Because our leaders were selected based on race, religion, which political party they are from or whom they support. Rarely were they selected based mainly on merit and competency. You can see there are more qualified politicians around (in PH and previously in BN) but they were ignored. So why should they care whether they cheat and lie with "fake" qualifications for as long they have the right connections they were chosen. (Notice the "fake degrees" politicians came mainly from the same party as the PM?)
But ultimately, these incompetent morons, fakes, cheats, liars and their mentors and patrons will bring Malaysia to its knees. How can Malaysia compete with other countries who chose the brainiest, cleverest, most capable, etc, to lead? Is it surprising many countries are overtaking Malaysia in progress and development?
Posted 7 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply
Posted 7 years ago by Keng Yew · Reply