PARENTAL MORAL ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN: AN
EXEGETICAL ANALYSIS OF 1 SAM 2: 12-36; 1 KINGS 15:9-24,
22:41-50 AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EDUCATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA
Education and the cultivation of assessment parameters strictly lie within
the ambit or scope of the stakeholders namely parents, teachers,
administrators (Government) the public and the learners. Therefore, there
has to be complimentary resounding assessment of all these groups to
realize a full-fledged educated individual that is useful to himself and the
society in general. However, the moral assessment of the children has been
down-played nowadays by parents who ought to be the first teachers, thus,
leading to moral decadence, youth restiveness, cultism, arrogant
behaviour, examination malpractice, disrespect for elders and people in
authority. Using historic, descriptive and moral analysis, this paper reechoes'
the parental moral irresponsibility of Eli, a biblical parent, and the
resultant suffering of the entire family and nation of Israel. The paper also
presents the moral assessment of King Asa which consequently positively
impacted on the nation of Israel. This paper recommends that, parents
should backup their moral assessment with action, because their failure
becomes the failure of the family and nation. Our educational rulers
(administrators) should take a cue from Asa while the children should strive
to emulate their parents in positive ways.
Keywords: Parent(s), Moral assessment, Children, Exegetical analysis, Implications,
Educational development.
Akwaki, Numgba Akwaki and Fidelis Appolonia Egwu
PARENTAL MORAL ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN: AN EXEGETICAL ANALYSIS OF 1 SAM 2: 12-36; 1 KINGS 15:9-24, 22:41-50 AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA
Education and the cultivation of assessment parameters strictly lie within the ambit or scope of the stakeholders namely parents, teachers, administrators (Government) the public and the learners. Therefore, there has to be complimentary resounding assessment of all these groups to realize a full-fledged educated individual that is useful to himself and the society in general. However, the moral assessment of the children has been down-played nowadays by parents who ought to be the first teachers, thus, leading to moral decadence, youth restiveness, cultism, arrogant behaviour, examination malpractice, disrespect for elders and people in authority. Using historic, descriptive and moral analysis, this paper reechoes' the parental moral irresponsibility of Eli, a biblical parent, and the resultant suffering of the entire family and nation of Israel. The paper also presents the moral assessment of King Asa which consequently positively impacted on the nation of Israel. This paper recommends that, parents should backup their moral assessment with action, because their failure becomes the failure of the family and nation. Our educational rulers (administrators) should take a cue from Asa while the children should strive to emulate their parents in positive ways. Keywords: Parent(s), Moral assessment, Children, Exegetical analysis, Implications, Educational development.