Role of University Education in Moral Development of Students

Abstract

The study aimed at exploring the moral development of university students. The major objective of the study was to find out the difference between moral development of newly admitted university students and final semester university students. The study was quantitative in nature. So, the data were collected by applying survey technique. Students studying in first semester and last semester were taken sample of the study. A questionnaire consisting of ten dilemmas addressing moral factors of the students was used as a research tool for the study. Data collected through the questionnaire were analyzed by applying statistical techniques such as frequency, percentage and independent sample t-test by using SPSS 22 version to find out the results of the study. The study concluded that final semester students were more morally developed than the newly inducted university students whereas no significant difference in moral development was found among the students of the four departments under study. The study recommended that the university curriculum and syllabus might be revised giving moral development a central place.