Al-Ghazali and His Thoughts Contributed to The Islamic Educational System

The objectives of this paper were to highlight the thoughts of AlGhazalis to the Islamic Educational system. The need for an Islamic educational system is not only a matter of conviction, but also crucial for mankind. Al-Ghazali has advocated that it is the prime duty of Muslims to search for the reality through the knowledge in accordance with the Holy Quran. Where the aim and objective of education for mantion, construction, and completion of manners so that man can distincquish between good and bad and abstain from evil. This paper also discussed on his philosophy and theory of education, curriculum, methods and techniques of teaching, womens education,psychological views, application of Al-Ghazalis view in education arena, and strengths and weaknesses of his views. Al- Ghazali had advocated that revelation is essential to recoqnize the reality and that is granted to messengers of God only the Almighty. Moreover, he holds that parents responsible for looking after their children in proper manner, as he considers a child like a mirror