Valuing the ‘Value based Education’
Value Education, a process by which values are inculcated among people. It is transmitting a set of values which often come from religious customs or societal or cultural ethics. “Life is precious”, everyone knows that. However, If life is so precious, the values governing the life are equally important. Morals and Values are nothing, but a code we adhere to for living in a society which is civil and just.
Values in education are the virtues that make up a human being. Values mould our behaviour, relationships, choices, and the sense of who we are. The greater the positivity in our values, the greater will be the positivity in our actions. This is one of the reasons for value based education being included
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We know that children today are tomorrow 's citizens. Good education to the present day children, the future of the next generations will be well. Education seems to be the solution for all types of the problems. Living in the modern century, use of science and technology in the proper way will curb all difficulties to solve all the problems of the non-moral and value things. The main objective of the study is to inculcate moral and value based education in schools and colleges and to know the attitude of intermediate students towards moral values.
The objective of education in a country like India, which has an incredible heritage and diversity in geography, values, culture and beliefs, rarely seen in this wide world, should be to educate a student of the value system which is indispensable to live successful life (Das, Sayan, 2008).
Considering the above mentioned fact, apart from schools, value education is now being propagated at the college level also. To quote an example, Commissionerate of Collegiate Education, Andhra Pradesh State, has launched value education for the promotion of ethical values among degree college
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Educating all women in the society. Mother is the first teacher. Motivate every woman to know about moral values, may be through a special course like "Gandhian Studies" (Indrani, Beena, 2012)
According to Father of Indian Nation, M.K.Gandhi:
“If wealth is lost nothing is lost
If health is lost something is lost
If character is lost everything is lost”
Best of all things is character.
Values and ethics help to build a great character. Thus value education completes this need very easily with an impact on the young minds making the world a better place to live in.
REFERENCES:
Indrani, Beena (2012). Importance of Value Education in Modern Time. Education India Journal: A Quarterly Refereed Journal of Dialogues on Education, ISSN 2278-
2435, Vol. 1, Issue- 3.
Das, Sayan (2008). Value based education. http://theviewspaper.net/value-based-education/ accessed on 8th September, 2014. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/value-education-for-degree-students/article4822142.ece accessed on 14th September, 2014.
Ms. Aarti Sharma
Lecturer – Finance, Accounting & Control Area
IILM Undergraduate Business