Objectives of Education

Objectives of education are the outline of the changes with expected by means of the educative process.

·        Aims of education refer to the national desires and individual needs which gives birth to any education system on earth.  So to say, aims are causes which cause for the emergence of a system of education.

·        Objectives of education refer to those individual and collective changes which take place through the process of education.

·        Objectives of education refer to those individual and collective emergences of a system of education

·        Objective of education refer to the national desires and individual needs which give birth to any education system of a nation.

·        Objective of education are the causes which bring about the emergence of a system of education.

·        The Objectives of education refer to the driving forces which attract a nation to develop a system of education….   There should be properly defined and declared principles, aims and objectives of education so that a clear destination of a system of education may be defined.  The significance and role of determining objectives of education in a system of education may be explained in the following points.

They decide the destination of education

  Objectives of education provide the guiding principles with which a clear course of action is decided for a system of education.  So to say the objectives of education decide the destination of education.

They keep the educative process moving

  Objectives of education provide the necessary motivation which is necessary to keep the process of education moving and producing the required individuals.  These objectives serve as a vital force for the teachers, students, educational administration in getting the academic excellence associated with educative process.

They help in evaluating the process of education

  Objectives of education aid in evaluating the process of education.  Every activity has a specific aim to achieve in the process of education.  In the educational setting,  it is generally believed that every activity should be evaluated so that one can know to what extent the objectives of an activity have been achieved.  This is called  the process of evaluation in the terminology of education.  The process of evaluation is meaningless of the objectives of education are not predetermined.

They help in the selection of Source:  Every activity requires specific source to carry out.  Specific activates are carried out for the acquisition of the objectives of education.  In the same fashion, specific sources are needed for the execution of specific activities.  The significance of the determination of the objectives of education cannot be ignored.  If the objectives of education are predetermined, the selection of sources required for the acquisition of the objectives of education becomes easy.

They help the teachers to select educational courses

  The educational objective decide the destination of education in this way, determination of the objectives of education enables a teacher to select the alternative course to reach the destination of education.  Objectives of education are the destination of the educative process.   If destination is predefined, there are many ways opened before the teacher to reach the destination.

They give birth to the process of curriculum development

  A strategy for the acquisition of educational objectives is designed following the determination of the objectives of education.  This planned strategy is called curriculum.   The process of curriculum development cannot take place without the predetermined objectives of education.   The objectives of education, rightly  decide what a society wishes to be its children;  what type of individuals are required by the society;  which activities suit to the  children of specific  age-group and which skills are necessary for the children belonging to the specific age group.  All these educational affairs can only be decided when the objectives of education are predefined.

They help in preparing the text books:  The preparation of text books is not possible without the pre-determined objectives of education.  The objectives guide the authors in selecting the appropriate content of the text books.  If the author is not aware of the objectives of education, he/she will not be in a position to decide the relevant content of the text book.  Tome, a good text book always follows the guiding principles of the objectives of education.

They help in selection of teaching methods

  Determination of education objectives enables a teacher to select appropriate teaching methods for the acquisition of objectives of education.  Without the clear determination of objectives of education appropriate methods of teaching cannot be selected for the transmission of the instructional content Selection of teaching methods for the acquisition of objectives of education is a concrete reality of the educative process.

They make the academic destination clear and explicit

  It is necessary for a teacher to have a clear knowledge of fictions of education.  Otherwise, all the academic activities will become meaningless when a teacher keeps in mind the objectives of education during instruction; he sees his destination very clearly.   A clear knowledge of the objectives of education guides the teacher in reaching the academic destination.

                                                                                                                 

They allow the planners to make a comprehensive strategy

  Objectives of education mirror the aspirations of nation.  Education prepares an individual for future life Social values, traditions, skills and other excellences are transmitted to the next generations through the educative process.  Education is responsible for our social survival, bright nation future and all around personality development as well, in this respect, education is a sensitive activity and it cannot be left unnoticed.   It seems essential that objectives that objectives of education should be determined so that strategy for successful educative process may be planned.