Essay On Technical Education,Technology Essay .Modern civilisation is
dominated by science and scientific development. As a result of it
specialisation in certain branches
and industrialisation have become the most important aspects of
scientific development. It is because of this reason that technical
education has been so much in demand. In the earlier days education was
meant for the intellectual development of man and in some cases for
spiritual cultivation. The main purpose of education was to discipline
our emotions and discipline our thinking, and by doing so it made us fit
for a proper type of. social life.
With the passing of I me education became broader in its embrace and more significant in organising the society. A number of politicians made use of education for propagating their ideologies. For example. in Russia
and China of yesterday some of the sayings of individuals were taught
in the schools and colleges. The young minds were stuffed with certain
thoughts which suited their purpose. But nowadays education is becoming
more and more job-oriented. That is why technical education is assuming
greater importance.
Technical education makes us skilled so that we may be able to handle
the machines properly. As has already been pointed out technical
education makes us specialists in certain domains of life. There are a
large 'number of jobs which cannot be properly performed till technical knowledge is acquired.
In a developing country like Pakistan technical education is very
important. It is not possible to make industry the important basis of
economy, as we have envisaged, without making arrangement for technical
education. That is why a larger number of Technical Institutes and other
engineering colleges cater to this type of education. In this respect
one thing should be kept in mind that arrangements for absorbing
technical men be made. Moreover industries should be set up every year.
But this process cannot go on for all times to come. At one or the other stage they will have to reduce the number
of those who get technical education so that there may not be
unemployment among the technical people. it is generally said that
technical men can never remain unemployed because they will have their
own industries but it is true in theory, only. In practise it needs a
good market to sell the finished goods. It is not possible to provide
these two things to all the technical men.
In one of the essays entitled "Useless knowledge"' Russel tells us that
technical education makes the people inhuman and 'purely objective. They
look at the problem purely from the technical point of view and their
thinking becomes cold and calculating. This is possibly one of the
defects of technical education. We should always try to have a larger
outlook, comprehensive thinking and humanitarian approach. For all this
there should be libers4 education also.
Technical education makes human beings machines but when it is tampered
with liberal education it becomes more wholesome and beneficial. Liberal
education not only makes us to cultivate our affections but also
develops our thinking. Apart from it technical education should be a
part of training after completing education and should not be an
education in itself. Technical training is more or less practical
whereas education is somewhat different from learning the skill.