Value
based education
Sir,
Reference
may be made to the write up of Shri
Predhuman K. Joseph Dhar, titled
"Value based Education"
published in DE dated 8.11.2003. The
views of learned author with regard to
education system prevalent and the
miserable plight of teaching community
are genuine. This community which is
called the shoulders of nation is
generally discriminated in almost every
State and not in J&K alone as the
media often report we should not forget
that all big personalities in the field
of politics, bureaucracy or all other
professionals have reached the present
positions only because of hare efforts
made by their teachers to build their
career right from childhood. And in turn
the treatment this community receives
from the society is before us.
Huge
public funds are spent for luxuries of
politicians and Bureaucrats, Jambo
Ministries are formed to accommodate most
of the legislators without any solid work
to do. But in the case of salaries of
builders of the nation the States are
cash starved. This has resulted in
further degradation in the status of the
teachers who are now engaged at a meagre
monthly emoluments of rupees 1500/- or so
which is nothing but an insult to the
highly educated youth, the future
builders of the nation. We should
honestly think, can a person survive on
this meagre monthly salary of Rs. 1500/-?
Can he marry or help his family or meet
his other social requirements? 'No' at
all. How he will feel among his senior
teachers and even class 8th of his
school? How can we expect him to impart
value based or quality education when he
himself is in frustration and defected.
Now let us
revert to the assertions of Hon'ble
Minister of Education regarding imparting
value based education. He is also quite
right to advise the teaching community to
do so, because he knows very well that
only teachers can produce good citizens
to take the country forward. What a
teacher teaches his pupil, remains in his
mind for ever. During the last 55 years
of independence we have not been able to
achieve 100 percent literacy are in the
gript of communalism, caste system, dowry
system, etc. untouchability, linguistic
trouble and many other social evils like
social, economic injustice, violence all
over the country and all these evils are
hurdle in the way of our march towards
progress, prosperity of the nation, which
can be meted out by making the present
future generation prepared accordingly
and none except a teacher can do this job
very well and deserves best possible
treatment in all matters from the
Government to stand in the society.
The saying
is "Yatha Raja Tatha Praja"
value based politics is a must to ensure
values all around. It is suggested that
to accommodate the growing number of
educated youth and professionals like
Doctors, Agriculture graduates etc. etc.
self employment schemes like opening of
private schools, B.Ed. College, Nursing
Homes, Agriculture forms by providing the
infrastructure and finances, discouraging
the prevailing practice of setting up
such institutions by building houses on
commercial pattern, who exploit these
useful youth for their vested interests.
Yours etc...
M R Gupta
Reshamgarh Colony,
Jammu
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