Ethics and Education

In primary school at PPBRS (Private Primary Boundary Road School). we had to study “Mingalar Kabyar ” by Dagon U Tun Myint.
I received a Thermos Flask for successfully reciting the Kabyar.
During our middle and high school days at SPHS (St. Paul’s High School), there was a class period when Catholic students take Catechism or go to the Chapel to pray.
Students, who profess other religions, study “Morals and Manners”, “Sar Nar Kya Ni Ti” and other texts.
In some classes we also studied Hygiene and “Pyi Thu Ni Ti”.

A good education system does not promote “rote learning” or the idea that “some professions are above others”.
Many students who stood Top in the Matriculation examination pursued their interests (e.g. Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Engineering, Medicine).
A good system leads students to be “life long learners” and “ethical citizens”.
In the early days, students from neighboring countries came to study at Rangoon University.
RU undergraduate and graduate students excelled in their studies abroad.
The students were good not only in academics but in other areas (sports, fine arts, …)
Sad to see the decline of education and the destruction of values.

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