A Study of Approaches and Strategies of Moral Education Values in India

EDUCATION

In the era of scientific inventions and technological advancement, industrialization and modernization people are becoming more and more materialistic. The people are losing ground in cherished values this nation stood for in the ancient past. The Indian philosophy has been remained filled with such kind of values like serving human kind, love for nature, sacrifice, and respect for elders and devotion for one’s profession etc. Once it was known as "Golden Bird" and today it is among one of the poorest of the nations. It was also called "Jagadguru” and but today the same thing is quite ironical and reciprocal. The degradation in moral values can be easily felt by reading of the day to day news. As a result our society is wrestling with a multiplicity of problems like increasing rate of crime, selfishness, hooliganism, abuse of human rights, frustration, corruption, violence and immorality. The National Policy on Education (1986) has expressed concern over “the erosion of essential values and an increasing cynicism in society”. It advocated turning education into a “forceful tool for the cultivation of social and moral values.” Education should “foster universal and eternal values, oriented towards the unity and integration of our people”. Educational institutions have been the centers for preparing good citizens for the country both in terms of academics and inculcating moral and cultural values of the country. Moral Education and value system enriches the young minds. It gives them a way to lead a life which is happy and successful. It has been a matter of concern as the new generation of India is restless and confused at every level. This is a generation which is at the crossroads in being neither completely based on the traditional values nor the modern approach. They are in a dilemma whether to follow lifestyle which is more western or Indian. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the need to reinforce the traditional moral value system which is time-tested and beneficial for society as a whole for the present Indian education system.

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