Some people say history is one of the most important school subjects. Other people think that, in todays world, subjects like science and technology are more important than history. Discuss both these views and give your opinion

Certain individuals opine that

history

is one of the vital

subjects

in learning institutions while others suggest that nowadays,

science

and

technology

subjects

are better than

history

. I agree with the latter statement because only

science

and

technology

subjects

are able to equip students with knowledge on how to solve their daily challenges and that of the globe. On one hand,

history

is seen to be an important subject to pupils in

schools

.

This

is so because it is the only course that teaches about the preserving of heritage and culture of a country. To put

this

in perspective, without

history

subjects

being taught in

schools

, none of the

children

would understand the rich culture of their country let alone the values that govern them.

Moreover

,

this

would distort the importance of celebrations

such

as national holidays. Take,

for instance

, the independence day celebrations in Zambia that are held every year, would be of no value if school-going

children

are not taught about the struggles that their forefathers experienced while fighting for freedom and why

such

a celebration is a reminder of

such

an event.

This

is one thing that

science

and

technology

can never teach

children

.

Nonetheless

, I still dispute the fact that

history

is better than

science

and

technology

subjects

in

schools

.

On the other hand

,

science

and

technology

are the only

subjects

in the learning institutions that can enable

children

to acquire the knowledge needed to solve everyday problems of life and of the whole earth.

In other words

, because these

subjects

teach young learners to understand how certain things in society and in the environment operate,

children

tend to be more creative and

thus

find solutions to some of these challenges.

For example

, if

children

learned about the causes of wildfires through

science

, they could be able to determine the kind of interventions that could work through the use of

technology

. These benefits outweigh any importance that the

history

subject could ever have. By way of conclusion, I reaffirm my statement that

science

and

technology

subjects

in

schools

are more important than

history

. Even though these courses may not teach about heritage and culture like

history

, they tackle the most important aspects of daily life challenges.