Need for inculcating value based education for a better tomorrow
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Kh Siile Anthony
Contd from previous issue
In the present world, sometimes we give too much attention to materialistic wants and leave out social and individual values. We are too much focused on earthly materials and tend to forget the core value of education and human values. Perhaps it leads to unethical practices and corruption.
There is a crisis of values today due to human greed. We need to inculcate the good values practised by our forefathers in the early civilisations. Humans are humans because of each other. Each one lives for the other. We are social being and we cannot live in isolation. We depend on each other for our livelihood. We must develop the sense of “live and let live”. Human values make human life and relationship truly human and meaningful.
The absence of human relationship and accountability weakens trust in public institutions in general and financial institutions in particular. Values create a sense of mutual belongingness, provide vision and purpose, and ensure efficiency, creativity and good outcome. Values must be brought to every sphere of social life. The values must be inculcated in the family, society, educational institutions, financial institutions, public work places, offices, etc.
Today the society talks of corruption, inefficiency, lack of accountability, transparency, red-tapism, nepo- tism, favouritism, unethical behaviour, moral laxity, etc. These are the results of lack of true value-based education. If we understand the basic values of what is right and wrong at the young age, the society at large will live in harmony and peace, and much of the evils we mentioned above will disappear.
In order to inculcate value-based education to students, it must be introduced in schools, colleges and universities as a compulsory subject. Govern- ment servants and public leaders also need to be educated on the basic values of life to enable them to judge what is right and wrong. It should be the responsibility of every teacher and sensible citizen to encourage value-based education for a better tomorrow. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam rightly said “If you are a teacher in whatever capacity, you have a very special role to play because more than anybody else it is you who are shaping the future generation. A teacher has a higher responsibility as compared to other professionals as students look upon the teachers as an embodiment of perfection…”
Further, the Go- vernment and all stake-holders must take necessary steps to include value-based education as a compulsory subject right from school education at the earliest.
The writer is former Director, HRD, North Eastern Council, and former Joint Registrar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Contd from previous issue
In the present world, sometimes we give too much attention to materialistic wants and leave out social and individual values. We are too much focused on earthly materials and tend to forget the core value of education and human values. Perhaps it leads to unethical practices and corruption.
There is a crisis of values today due to human greed. We need to inculcate the good values practised by our forefathers in the early civilisations. Humans are humans because of each other. Each one lives for the other. We are social being and we cannot live in isolation. We depend on each other for our livelihood. We must develop the sense of “live and let live”. Human values make human life and relationship truly human and meaningful.
The absence of human relationship and accountability weakens trust in public institutions in general and financial institutions in particular. Values create a sense of mutual belongingness, provide vision and purpose, and ensure efficiency, creativity and good outcome. Values must be brought to every sphere of social life. The values must be inculcated in the family, society, educational institutions, financial institutions, public work places, offices, etc.
Today the society talks of corruption, inefficiency, lack of accountability, transparency, red-tapism, nepo- tism, favouritism, unethical behaviour, moral laxity, etc. These are the results of lack of true value-based education. If we understand the basic values of what is right and wrong at the young age, the society at large will live in harmony and peace, and much of the evils we mentioned above will disappear.
In order to inculcate value-based education to students, it must be introduced in schools, colleges and universities as a compulsory subject. Govern- ment servants and public leaders also need to be educated on the basic values of life to enable them to judge what is right and wrong. It should be the responsibility of every teacher and sensible citizen to encourage value-based education for a better tomorrow. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam rightly said “If you are a teacher in whatever capacity, you have a very special role to play because more than anybody else it is you who are shaping the future generation. A teacher has a higher responsibility as compared to other professionals as students look upon the teachers as an embodiment of perfection…”
Further, the Go- vernment and all stake-holders must take necessary steps to include value-based education as a compulsory subject right from school education at the earliest.
The writer is former Director, HRD, North Eastern Council, and former Joint Registrar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.