The value education is not a new concept. It is
recommended by Sri. Prakash, Dr.Mudolia Azad, Dr. Kothari, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr.
Radha Krishnan, etc.
Education not only develops morality but also
makes an individual capable for leadership and or intelligent fellowship.
Regarding the need of introducing religious values. Peters (1979, p.473[1])
writes that the religious values are “prosecuted and severely censored in
totalitarian or collectivist societies”. He further mentions that education
demands the development of various types of awareness, abilities and skills. An
individual in a democratic set up should be given some form of initiative to
inculcate religious values in the hope that he may develop them. Peters (1973,
p. 473)[2]
mentions that in “democracy liberal view of the role of religious values is
taken because of the importance ascribed to freedom and tolerance and because
reductions in transmitting cultural heritage. But certainly religious values
are not distinctive of the democratic way of life”. From these central values
the aims of education are generated, i.e. morality, knowledge and understanding
of human condition, self-fulfillment of the individual, preparation of work,
etc.
Dr. C. M. Yogi, Founder - Society for Value Education (SVE)
has nicely compared Education with the Value-Based-Education in his paper
presented in a Workshop organized by Save The Children and Curriculum
Development Centre on 29th December, 2009 as follows:[3]
Education
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Value Based Education
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opens up our mind
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gives us purity of heart too
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provides us with skills
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provides us sincerity too
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extends our relationship with the world
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links us with our own family members too
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makes our living better
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makes our life better too
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teaches us to compete with others
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encourages us to be complete too
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makes us a good professional
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makes us a whole human too
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takes us to the top
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takes the whole society to the top
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gives us capacity of better learning
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gives us the tool for a deeper understanding too
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gives us Anna
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provides us Ananda too
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may bring limitations
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is for liberation
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After all right education means- "Sa VidyaYaVimuktaye”.
It means, “that is knowledge which liberates.” In one of the post in this blog I have explained elaborately about its meaning. Actually this
is my favorite saying in Sanskrit which I quote everywhere. The education which
we are imparting nowadays doesn’t fit at all in this definition of Vidya. As
the vidya in this saying, connotes very high meaning, spiritual meaning.
