SHAPING VALUE BASED PERSONALITY FOR THE GENERATION TO COME

Abstract

There is little doubt that now-a-days life is getting complicated day by day. Problems outnumber the solutions. Obviously, the world is on the lookout for such people who can lead the world from chaos to illumination. This is possible only by a person who has values closer to the heart. The present educational system is not able to address the problems related to global social justice adequately, mainly due to lack of value based personalities. While the manners in which these problems are perceived, articulated and prioritized vary a lot, most civil societies are engaged in trying to solve them in their own way. In the present context, there are some important stakeholders like society, government, education system, industry etc. For the well being of the society, these systems need to work together. They play a major role in the overall growth of a global social justice and an individual’s personality.

Higher education in the present era is decided by economic motivation without any due consideration to values that separate man from animals. Modern education has been striving to create a more skilled work force in the name of economic development and seems to have forgotten its real goal of developing a sound and holistic personality of the person. It is faltering in its role of ensuring all round development of body, mind and soul. The offshoot of such a system manifests in urbanization, industrialization, mechanization, consumerism, insensitivity, insecurity, distrust, lack of fellow feeling, lack of honor for human values etc, giving rise to discontent, maladjustment, conflict, confrontation etc that lead to drug abuse, malpractices, terrorism, suicide, murder and such crimes, both at the local and individual level as well as at the global and society level. The overall degradation of values in society at large has left a negative impact on the mindset of youngsters. Indian educationists like Dr. Radhakrishnan, Dr. Mudaliar, Mr. Ramamurthy and a host have been emphasizing on the inculcation of human values through the educational system for bright future leadership. The value based personalities who can be cited as role models for developing future leadership are Lord Buddha, Mahavir, Christ, Guru Nanak, Gandhi, Martin Luther, and Einstein to name a few. This list is long and new names are being added every day.