Valuebased education -Indian Gurukulam

Valuebased education in India

Max Muller changed many meanings,James Mill denied the antiquity of many books/scriptures and Macaulay made these two combined on the educationalreforms of India .The effects of Macaulay’s educational reforms still on Indian society.
What should be the aim of education in a free democratic nation?Should not the educational institutions create world class human beings?world class citizens?Is it just enough for serving under the government ,as Macaulay envisaged?Should not our methodologies add more weight to ability of institution to give values,create values,rather than merely perpetuate the brand myths?The people who show a will to cultivate a climate of innovations and constantly improve their processes give priority to create future leaders with values to the society.For this we have to assimilate new ideas ,technologies,practices without loosing the old values of our society.An effective leader is one who can chart out a clear growth strategy and make sure that the faculty members internalize it and work as a team.
How to build strong relationships with teammates,faculty members ,students,members of society /How to achieve it in a small group and in a large group?
There should be staff meetings (informal over a cup of tea)every day ,for 15 minutes.That will sort out day to day coordination functions.
Faculty council meetings every nmonth to monitor implementation of projects,midcourse adjustments if required.Debates and discussions on new ideas,achievements of faculty members to be celebrated during these meetings.
Long term strategic issues and visions discussed in annual retreats of faculty.

Perks ,incentives for good work,publications,restriction of workload to get enough time for research etc will boost the morale.
Curriculum review and update regularly based on industry output.
Employment of pedagogy to impart knowledge and skills (case method,live projects,gameplaying,roleplay,computer simulations etc)
Continuous evaluation programmes like quizzes,assignments,presentations,tests at regular intervals should replace the end term examinations.The concept of teamteaching in select courses where multidisciplinary focus is necessary.
Strong mentoring programmes to make correct choices (An industry mentor,alumnous menter,faculty menter for each student is ideal,if not possible at least one faculty menter)for councelling on academic ,career and personal concerns.


Valuebased:-Education is for full development of human life.Quality of schools,institutions,universities should be improved to increase the limitless inner potential of teachers and students within the institutions.Knowledge has three units-the knower,the known ,and the process of education or knowing.
The process of Knowing:1.Through sensory perceptions.Of the Knower.
2.Through the thoughts,intellectual analysis of the known object /subject and the knower.
3.Extrasensory perceptions of the knower.

Traits that uphold the integrity of a person and the progress of society
.1Enlightened selfinterest
2.reliability
3.compassion
4.justice
5.breadth of vision
These are associate dwith liberal education.Teaching profession touches the future of the society,nation and the world and hence teachers should be well chosen(The Guru)
Quality of a really educated person is not his degree or his positions.They are
1.Listening,hearing ,or reading(with concentration),speaking,feeling the content of the communicated word(by speech or by writing).Communication skills
2.Can read more than the words spoken or written.Through great works of art ,music etc for the sheer joy of it.
3.can communicate with anyone irrespective of age ,caste,gender,nationality etc.at a very broad range.(written,verbal,nonverbal communication skills)
4.can solve problems of society or nation or the world,for the common good of all and with no selfish motive or prejudice
5.rigor and truthseeking.Love for learning ,respect for learning and learned people.
6.Tolerance ,open liberal attitudes.Honour own culture.Respect other cultures and the diversity of cultures
7.strives to make the world a better place to live in.
8.Nurtures and empowers.The triumph of one person becomes the triumph of all ,-Belong to the world,to human race,
9.Education is all about connecting and communicating .Make sense of the world by making connections .Communicating values,positive thinking ,culture etc.
Education comes from universities,schools and colleges ,institutions,books but most importantly from people.From inter and intrapersonal relationships and experiences shared.
When two people live or work together they communicate.Stimulate the quest for knowledge and truth in the other .Create values together.This dynamic evercontinuing process is real education.Starts from home(parent-child)Gurukula(guru/disciple)society(person to person)man-woman(husband-wife)etc.Even simple facts are made meaningful by positive communication.This experience is the most valuable part in any educative process.The positive thoughts and emotions are evergreen in the memory of every human child and adult and they cherish and respect it.And the people who gave those valuable experiences.The human relations create experiences and hence we need model human beings in our midst to create valuable experiences to society,not just books and computers.
Who is a valuable human being?
A valuable human being is a noble being with freedom of will and expression ,happy to do and speak and communicate to the world,honest and loving,compassionate to all living things ,peaceful to all situations in life,responsible for what he/she says,writes thinks or does,is tolerant to other’s views,finds unity in life.In other words.simple life and high thoughts and noble ideals and deeds characterize a really educated and valuable human being.(Even if he/she doesn’t have a degree/position).
Every individual has a self organizing map(SOM),an algorithm to visualize and interpret large highdemand data sets –A regular grid of processing units ,the neurons.How efficiently this works in different persons is different (individual variations).But essentially the potential is in every member of the human race.Therefore a valuebased educationist has to set a model of himself/herself in front of the world to show how much of the potential is utilized by him./her and those who comes in touch with him./her.That is how a Guru gets more and more acclaim far and wide and good valuable disciples come to him/her .The valuebased eduation education takes away the pressures ,stress ,strain,anxiety of life from children /students/people and make them frustration-free individuals.When frustration is taken away we become more efficient .
The Gurukula of India was devised with this aim.
Caring for the roots of life
An important aspect of valuebased eduation is the caring for roots of life Our root of life does not stop at the geneology of our own family.But goes to the oldest ancestor of the human race.It even goes beyond that to all the living creatures,to genes,aminoacid sequences,elements of which aminoacids are made of,atoms and subatomic particles with which elements are made of.And ultimately to energy .The bio and cosmic energy are thus one in origin.The entire cosmos with its multitude of forms ,seen and unseen,become integrated in the “I “or AHAM of the sage since it is equivalent to Brahma.The root of all is ONE.Protection of thoughts of ancestors(books,manuscripts,cave writings,etc)civilizations,histories,monuments etc for coming generation is to learn and experience the beauty of our existence on it.To learn our roots.The need for disciplining and balancing the inner personality and concentrating on such valuable activities characterize an educated civilized person.
When such aims are in the thought process of any individual ,that individual naturally becomes a good human being ,a good world citizen,a role model to be emulated by others.We want such broadminded individuals .Such teachers for our children.Part of a valuebased educational system is thus to devise a curriculum for this .We need visionaries in all fields of art and science ,in all wakes of life ,in education and research to carry on the world on its path to fulfillment of such an aim.
In UNESCO report of 21st century ,learning is defined as atreasure.within the reorientation of preservice and inservice teacher /parent educatonfor enabling them to aquire the intellectual and emotional qualities that the nation wants to be developed in a citizen /child/society.
National policy of education(NPE)and programme of action (1992)has identified 10 core elements as the integral part of curriculum but as it is it remains in the papers only

One can raise one’s response to an electromagnetic wave(visual)or an auditory wave(sound)by rousing one’s level of subconscious and conscious mind to a higher level of consciousness(superconscious state).That means,emotions are not in the stimulus given alone,but in the receiving mind also.Both Guru and Shishya are having an equal part in creating knowledge,in the curriculum,experience of aesthetic generation etc.One has to improve that quality to become a valuebased educationist.