GOALS OF EDUCATION IN INDIA

GOALS OF EDUCATION IN INDIA

Introduction

           Education is a form of learning in which knowledge, skills, values, beliefs and habits of a group of people are transferred to the next generation through storytelling, discussion, teaching, training or research

           Goals are an observable and measurable end result having one or more objectives to be achieved within a more or less fixed timeframe

          Education in India is provided by the public sector and private sector. Control and funds are coming from three levels: Central, State and Local

          The educational commission (1964-66) said that the development of values such as a scientific temper of mind, tolerance and respect for the culture or other national groups will enable us to adopt democracy, as a way of life.

            This shows that in a democratic country like India, the first and the foremost goal of education should be the development of democratic values.

GOALS OF EDUCATION

          Indian democracy is made by the people who profess different religions, speak different languages belong to different races, castes, class and communities, keeping in mind these and several other characteristics of Indian democracy, following should be most appropriate goals of education

1. DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRATIC VALUES IN THE PEOPLE

           These values include a spirit of a large hearted tolerance of mutual give and take of the appreciation of the ways in which people differ from one another.

          No education is worthwhile if an educated person does not convert these values in his behavior and no democracy can survive for long in that case.

          Hence education has to make deliberate and planned effort on development of these values in the people.

2. NATIONAL INTEGRATION

          It emphasizes in harmonizing religion, language, caste and class and community differences as they exist in India causing social tensions.

          It is essential that people of India inspite of these differences should live peacefully and co-operatively and utilize their varied talent for enrichment of national life.

         Education through various programmes and tailored curricula should make efforts to develop in the people such attitudes and values that includes realizing the importance of knowledge and education, learning various social skills, developing social values, computer literacy considering science and technology important and so on.

          The commission in 1964 said that “The most important tool in the process of modernization is education based on science and technology”. But the commission further said “Modernization, if it is to a living force must derive its strength from the strength to spirit.”

         The Adiseshiah committee report in 1978 formulated the following goals to be achieved through education. They are:

a. Removal of unemployment

b. Removal of poverty

c. Rural development

d. Adult literacy

        Our schools should develop a tradition of striving to generate a sense of national unity and national consciousness, in the pupils and can be achieved by (i) Making pupils understand and revaluate cultural heritage and (ii) By the creation of a strong driving faith in the future towards which we aspire.

3. DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL RESOURCES

          It is done through the modernization of agriculture and rapid industrialization. It should be an important aim of education in a democratic country like India. To achieve this, education should be linked with productivity. Science should be made a basic component of education, work, experience should be considered important, scientific and technical education should be improved and vocational education should be expanded.

4. DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE

          It should be considered still more crucial an important aim or goal of education in Indian democracy. This implies to the changes in the knowledge, skills, interests and values of people.

          In a democracy, the individual is an end in him and the primary purpose of education should be to provide him with the widest opportunity, to develop his potential through social re-organization and emphasis on social perspectives.

          Cultivation of essential values in the people, development of competent and dedicated leadership, educated electorate is essential for strengthening democracy.

5. DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL, MORAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES

           In a democratic country, it is inevitable to inculcate social, moral and spiritual values in the people. Knowledge in the absence of essential values may be dangerous.

            The success of democracy, its strength and stability are contingent upon people’s developed sense of social responsibility and a keener appreciation of moral and spiritual values. Education must make effort on developing the values.

ANITHA

NATURAL SCIENCE