Value Education
Value Education
"Education means all-round drawing out of the best in child and man—body, mind, and spirit." – Gandhi.
“A value is valuable when the value of
value is valuable to oneself.”- Swami Dayananda Saraswati
In the present era, education is given by
modern technology like computers, smart boards, tablets etc due to this we are
inclined more towards giving information to the students but not knowledge.
Also we focus more on ranks in the examination than application of learning in
our day-to-day life. The teaching methodology of majority of the teachers have
turned into grades-oriented and marks-oriented, individuals overlooking and
undermining the superlative purpose of education i.e. refinement of ethics,
purification of soul and enlightenment of human intellect. More sadly, in the
pursuit of degree-oriented education, we have, knowingly or unknowingly, failed to incorporate the learning of moral
and ethical values to our studies for the positive nourishment of our
character. The objective of today’s education system has changed, the present
system don’t focus on preparing good human beings but it focus on preparing
money making machines. We fill information in the student’s mind which he/she
used to earn money. In a broader view, as the outcome of education, we are
producing successful professionals obsessed with material pursuits, who fail as
caring and kind hearted person.
The other aspect of their personality like physical, emotional,
social and spiritual are not properly developed in providing for the growth of
attitudes, habits, values, skills and interests among the pupils. It is here
that we talk in terms of value-education.
Our education system has fail to develop respect
toward elders even towards own parents. As a result youngsters don’t want to
live with their old parents after marriage, they want to live in nuclear family
which is totally against the Indian culture and tradition. Now a day peoples
are more active on social media and internet but less active among their family
members. Some peoples have thousands of friends on facebook but only handful in
reality.
India is known for its rich cultural and spiritual
heritage, and the need for a value-system through education has been felt and recognised through centuries. Value
system play an important role in any decision making process. In fact, every
human action is the reflection of personal and social values.
Hence,
if we want to achieve the purpose of education in life, we must develop the
platform in our classrooms where the child not only gain informational
education but also develop his mind and soul towards values and ethics and make
his own personality. As when the child come out of formal education system and
start living in society, these moral values and ethics and going to decide his
nature and personalities.
Parvesh Pandey
Yes sir truly said children nowadays are exceeding in studies but lacking behind in moral amd ethical values
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