Value Based Education the Need for the Present Indian Education System

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GRD Journals- Global Research and Development Journal for Engineering | Volume 6 | Issue 6 | May 2021 ISSN- 2455-5703

Value Based Education the Need for the Present Indian Education System Prof. Dr. Prem Mehta Director Department of Natural Sciences, Humanities VDIT, Delhi Affiliated to GGSIP University, New Delhi

Abstract The period 3000BCE to around tenth century AD of Ancient India is the period famous as the Golden Sparrow. This era witnessed rich cultural heritage and economic booms, the bonding of traditions and values never got destroyed. ( Iyer, Rashmi ). The homes had no concept of locking system. India was known for its’ famous universities like Nalanda, Takshila (TMNEWS DESK 2020) which were renowned worldwide. With the coming of Britishers India lost it’s Value Education System of Ancient India. (Joshi, Ankur; Bibdlish, Puneet; Verma, Pawan Kumar (2014). At present we see how the society is diminishing in case of Values day by day, youngsters of today are bit confused because of bombardment of new technology, violent news by the press and media, they are a bit confused. In the present scenario the upcoming new generation is greatly affected by fashionable lifestyles. This influence has extremely degraded our morality system in the society. At such a crucial stage we need some policy makers to lay down some basic principles so that our life may be enlightened and helping in building powerful leaders for the nation, with focus on values of self-confident, good conduct, brotherhood etc. No matter what hurdles and problems hit our life hard. (Gunjun H. Shakshi, 1971) No matter the stepping stone of success hit us hard we on the basis of these value based principles will definitely bring success in our lives. The present paper is a sincere attempt to study the importance and need of Value Oriented Education for the present as well as future generations so that they can contribute in the development of society not in terms for the growth of materialism but stepping a step forward with all round development of humanity amalgamated with Physical, Social, Intellectual, Emotional and Spiritual Growth for holistic development of the Individuals, Society and Nation. In conclusion mere materialistic growth in today’s so called modernized and progressive society is a partial and incomplete growth in society without values. It is like a matured tree without fruits. Success is based on values of good conduct, character building, self-realization, non-violence etc. Materialistic oriented mind leads to destruction of the society, on the other hand Spiritual oriented minds leads to construction of the society. And for this the students should be imparted value oriented Education by our social institutions, including family, schools, colleges etc. Keywords- Spiritual, Value based Education, Technology Materialistic Modernized

I. INTRODUCTION Life is the precious gem created by God on this planet Earth. Our two important goals of survival are: first is serving humanity, secondly, helping the world to improve in some ways. When you clean your room you feel happy, life is also that complete feeling of happiness. Philosophers and eminent thinkers of all ages try to search the answer, what makes a good life? Swami Dayanand Saraswati raised voice for promoting equal rights for women, the right to education.[1] Even in the modern age of information and technology, finding an answer for what does living a good life means. It can mean quite a variety of different things to different people. Some live an honest life, full of joy and happiness, and some think happiness lies in accumulating wealth and living a materialistic life. For example the life of infamous Pablo Escobar from Columbia.[2] He lived a happy life. Escobar was wealthiest criminal in history, owing race cars, private jets, and luxurious mansions. He was drug addicted criminal and his life was definitely not a good life. He lived a happy life. Escobar was wealthiest criminal in history, owing race cars, private jets and luxurious mansions. He was drug addicted criminal and his life was definitely not a good life. Dr. C.M. Yogi in the conference at Nepal quotes Mahatma Gandhi in his paper on ‘Value Based Education’, explaining the concept of education: Mahatma Gandhi says, that the problem is that people do not have clear idea about value education truly means. We evaluate people as we assess the value of land. Actually value education means to bring a change in the behavior and character pattern of students. With such irrelevant thoughts in our mind, we do not understand the true nature of value education.[3] A quality of life does not mean accumulation of more material resources, but living a moral and ethical life is essential. The term can be both understood as the desire for wealth, luxuries or material possessions and the quest to create an honest ethical, religious, moral, legal, and meaningful existence. The philosophers believe that if values are good, life will be peaceful and useful but if values are undesirable life will be hell, burdensome and unwanted. School is a miniature society. The disorder and change in the society definitely will affect the school system in many ways. The style of growing up of children and youth in our country is changing fast. We do not have scientific proofs and surveys to tell us what our own eyes and ears reveals. The number of dysfunctional families has increased. Mass media has gripped our All rights reserved by www.grdjournals.com

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