IMPORTANCE OF VALUE EDUCATION.

The fact that all good education is, in essence, a process of developing the human personality in all its dimensions - intellectual, physical, social, ethical and moral is undisputed and universally accepted. Good education is inconceivable if it fails to inculcate values essential to good life and social well-being.
Great thinkers in every period of recorded history of mankind have devoted much attention to understanding the significance of character and values in life and the role of various agencies of education inculcating these values in young people.
Values reflect: Values are the standards that group members share, by which they judge whether an action or even an object as good, right and lawful. Values originate in the socio-cultural milieu of a social system and thus they are governed by the standards of the society. It is due to this reason that the values of one social group differ from that of another.
Value Education, as the term is generally used, refers to a wide gamut of learning and activities ranging from training in physical health, hygiene, etiquette and manners, appropriate social behaviour, civic rights and duties to aesthetic and even religious training. Value Education, according to one view, is essentially a matter of educating the feelings and emotions. It is the 'training of the heart' and consists in developing the right feelings and emotions. It does not involve any cognitive abilities, that can be trained. Like poetry, it is 'caught' rather than taught. It is essentially a matter of creating the right atmosphere, imitation and learning by example, communion with Nature or modelling oneself after an ideal.
To some, Value Education is simply a matter of developing appropriate behaviour and habits, involving inculcation of certain virtues and habits. Actually the ability to make moral judgement based on sound reasoning is a very important aim of value education and has to be deliberately cultivated. One has to frequently uphold the various types of values in life such as cultural values, universal values, personal values and social values.
Thus education is a methodical effort towards learning basic facts about humanity. The core idea is to cultivate essential values in the students so that the civilisation that teaches us to manage complexities can be sustained and further developed. It begins at home and it continues in schools. Thus value education is always essential to shape a student's life and to give an opportunity of performing on the global stage. The need for value education among the parents, children, teachers, etc., is constantly increasing as we continue to witness violent activities, behavioural disorder and lack of unity in society.
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Challapalli Srinivas Chakravarthy
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