This document discusses the need for character education in schools. It notes that traditional education focused on passing on cultural values and moral standards, but that this broke down in the 1960s with the rise of moral relativism. It critiques the "values clarification" approach for being neutral towards values and ignoring traditional morality. The document argues for a universal character education approach based on values like love, honesty and compassion that are common across cultures. It presents a model of education with three dimensions: cultivation of the heart through moral examples and practice of caring, education in norms like rules and responsibilities, and education for mastery of academic and technical skills with a focus on ethics and contribution to society.