Duties of a Student
Duties of a Student by- Md. Abdul Mannan1
The period of life, which we spend to receive education in educational institutions, is called student life. It is not only the best time of a man’s life but also the seedtime as the success and happiness in our life depend on how we have spent our student life. That is why, this life is the life of work, of duties and responsibilities if the later part of life is to be a life of achievement and success. But what exactly are the duties of this life? Giving a satisfactory answer to this question needs a rather lengthy discussion.
It is said, “Man has three duties – duty towards God, duty towards parents and duty towards mankind.” I think, a student has to do all these three duties including an extra duty, i.e. study. The first and foremost duty of any student, as everyone opines, is study. The main study course of a student consists of the books or materials he / she is supposed to study. These are undoubtedly, the primary source of knowledge for students. Since these are pre-planned and prepared according to their specific needs, they should first learn from them. A wide range of other reference as well as non-reference books, novels, dramas, poetry, magazines, articles, however, will be considered equally important in this regard. After that, a student should say his prayer regularly as praying habit creates all the qualities of humanity like honesty, truthfulness, modesty, politeness, punctuality, discipline etc. He should bear in mind, what Mahatma Gandhi comments, “Real education consists in drawing the best of yourself; what better book can there be than the book of humanity.” He should pass his time in a systematic way, which will help him to follow the rules of discipline and punctuality to the latter. He should take part in games and sports to keep fit also. It helps him to have a sound body and consequently, he can develop a sound mind. He also should take in debate, discussion, seminars, and symposium,
The period of life, which we spend to receive education in educational institutions, is called student life. It is not only the best time of a man’s life but also the seedtime as the success and happiness in our life depend on how we have spent our student life. That is why, this life is the life of work, of duties and responsibilities if the later part of life is to be a life of achievement and success. But what exactly are the duties of this life? Giving a satisfactory answer to this question needs a rather lengthy discussion.
It is said, “Man has three duties – duty towards God, duty towards parents and duty towards mankind.” I think, a student has to do all these three duties including an extra duty, i.e. study. The first and foremost duty of any student, as everyone opines, is study. The main study course of a student consists of the books or materials he / she is supposed to study. These are undoubtedly, the primary source of knowledge for students. Since these are pre-planned and prepared according to their specific needs, they should first learn from them. A wide range of other reference as well as non-reference books, novels, dramas, poetry, magazines, articles, however, will be considered equally important in this regard. After that, a student should say his prayer regularly as praying habit creates all the qualities of humanity like honesty, truthfulness, modesty, politeness, punctuality, discipline etc. He should bear in mind, what Mahatma Gandhi comments, “Real education consists in drawing the best of yourself; what better book can there be than the book of humanity.” He should pass his time in a systematic way, which will help him to follow the rules of discipline and punctuality to the latter. He should take part in games and sports to keep fit also. It helps him to have a sound body and consequently, he can develop a sound mind. He also should take in debate, discussion, seminars, and symposium,