Title: The Influence of Religious Education in Building Moral Generation Through Investing on Students in Tanzania

Authors: Noel Julius Ntawigaya and Tuntufye Anangisye Mwenisongole

 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Teofilo Kisanji University, P.O. Box 1104, Mbeya, United Republic of Tanzania.

Correspondence: noeljulius9@gmail.com and revtuntufye@gmail.com

Abstract

Moral decay among youths in Tanzania, especially students, is associated by different factors among them is the decrease in following and abiding to religious ethics. This article examines the way in which religious education contributes greatly to building an ethical society for the future generation of Tanzania. This article has used a desktop research study method whereby literature has been surveyed. The article argues that following religious principles and commandments in different places of the globe, Tanzania in particular, contributes much in moral development to school boys and girls. Hence, lagging behind the emphasis on following and living according to religious principles and commandments, contributes much to moral decay leading them to engaging in various deviant behaviours. The article suggests that there is a need to curb the devastating situation through re-emphasizing vigorously on teaching and learning religious ethics to students. This initiative should be done by the Tanzanian government to re-authorize religious subjects to be taught and learned as subjects with credits in the National Examination showing their importance and applicability in the life of students.

Keywords: Education; Ethics; Moral; Religion; School; Society