Transforming Education To Future Proof Societies
Ashok Pandey
Transformative Education Leader | Author | Championing Global Citizenship and Sustainability in Education
Aristotle said, “The purpose of education is to ensure the flourishing of the individuals characterised by the ‘goodness’ of character and ‘goodness’ of intellect.” In Sanskrit, we say, “Vidya Dadati Vinyam,” meaning that education brings humility.
Unfortunately, character building has taken a back seat. The entire focus seems to be on maximising the academic performance, compelled by the overall eco-system. The race for college admissions in a fiercely competitive environment and shrinking employment opportunities has left very little room for the youth to pair their passion and interest with the need to build a strong character. Life skills, critical thinking, the appetite for risk, and adaption to a multicultural environment are among the top hiring characteristics in most of the top organisations. However, it has not deterred the uni-directional focus on the high academic score. Ron Miller, one of today’s significant thinkers on holistic education, puts it succinctly, “Education today is not a collaborative art of mentoring and nurturing the young, but a frenzied scramble to succeed according to some external measure of success.” Read more
Article first published in Impakter (www.impakter.com ).
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5 年Thank you sir!
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5 年Sorry to reply sir, the way people at super senior designations are more interested in preaching in public and only earning in real. Show of activities is more important for you people and display friendly parents so this bound to happen.
Cloud-based e-Governance Architecture : Solution Architect in Domains such as Education, Healthcare, Financials in State and National level Deployments
5 年Great thought with great articulation. I would request you to write an article for parents on "how to nurture their children" and for students on "how to respond to education/ academics and concern of their parents and teachers". The correlation is complex but it is essential that we build bonds of faith and trust amongst students-teachers, teachers-parents and parents-children. As Dr. Chhaya, way back in 2005 had mentioned in an article, "Qualification gives you knowledge, Education gives you values"
Experienced Educational Leader | Driving Academic Achievement & Community Engagement
5 年Thankyou Sir for sharing this article. Its Thought Provoking and Insightful