“Value orientation missing from
education system” and
“Alarming gap within developing world has to be
bridged”, avers Dr. Karan Singh MP of India. He has once again spoken very sensibly raising
certain important issues. Read report of his speech here
These issues are, more frequently, cropping in general discussions
in various forums in myriad forms and I too, have been putting forth
relentlessly reams of reasons or at least verbal expressions of my
observations, thoughts, reactions etc.
Evolution of our species seems to be going through some sort
of churning process which makes people in different spheres of activity voice
similar concerns.
However, I being a very ordinary person wonder how are we
going to inculcate certain inevitable aspects and activities which are going to
ensure concretizing the concepts that these scholars visualize and also have been
very vocal about like- continuation of certain well cherished and time tested values
of wisdom; respect for rich heritage; education geared towards unraveling the
meaning of life encompassing knowing, doing, unity and being; science which
contributes to humane values in collaboration with other aspects of living etc?
Are there any specific ways, methods, new art or science
which have to be introduced to ensure these?
No not necessary.
They have to be part and parcel of our approach, attributes, attitudes
and actions of life because what I call UN activities, as most human activities
are, wherein U stands for Urge and N stands for Necessity.
The main things that he talks about
are:-
1. Values
that have been neglected we need to find
out two things here what we mean by values and how they can be made to be part
of our day to day living and he goes on to weave a relevance how it is all the
more sad because many values were very
much part of our rich heritage. It they were so, then why and what or who led
to the degradation or what are the reasons for that?
2. Then
he goes about talking about education. Again what is education or what are the
probable aspects of education? What is the role and responsibilities of all the
stakeholders?
3. He
then goes on to portray his ambivalent views on science, as it is for most people due to the extraordinary predominance in
terms of importance given to science over all other domains of human activity.
But we need to honestly and humble observe why it is so. It is because of its
overwhelming impact both positive and negative. We need to remember that
science is neither a panacea nor should it be projected as a villain. If at all
anything science has been a greater contributor to the enhancement of life and
civilization’s advancement than any other facet of living.
But for science and
rational thinking presence of sanity would have got postponed or prohibited
everywhere. If its negative aspects have been used or the science itself has
been misused in some instances that does not make it any less valuable or
important or relevant. For that matter what about the negative impacts of
religions or misuses in the name of religions , impacts and misuses of
political ideologies, economic systems etc.
SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY
or
http://www.scribd.com/doc/101198033/Science-and-
Spirituality
Worse still, the conflict is projected as Humanity versus Technology as technology has become the predominant manifestation of science and permeating into every aspect of life. No wonder there are important conferences with the theme ‘Claiming Our Humanity — Managing in the Digital Age’ are conducted
Worse still, the conflict is projected as Humanity versus Technology as technology has become the predominant manifestation of science and permeating into every aspect of life. No wonder there are important conferences with the theme ‘Claiming Our Humanity — Managing in the Digital Age’ are conducted
4. Our
rich heritage
No one ever questions that; even the avowed enemies of Bharat cannot do
that because our heritage is indeed something that we all can be very proud of
but why it has lost its relevance. Can we resurrect it by merely repeating it?
Won’t we be labeled as ethnocentric by constantly claiming we have one of the greatest
heritages? If that is a fact why we need to keep reminding everyone about it
every now and then?
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