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Education in India:Traditional and Modern View


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1 R. B. D. M. M. College, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 IDHS Central, New Delhi, India
     

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The present article deals with the vision of traditional & modern values in education in India. Indian tradition is a very complex thing and not an articulated or self-consistent or unitary concept, and so are the values incorporated in it. The ideal of education has been very grand, noble and high in ancient India. Its aim, according to Herbert Spencer is the 'training for completeness of life' and the molding of character of men & women for the battle of life. In modern Indian Education thought “Simple living and high thinking” is becoming an outdated nation. Increase in one's needs and desires and the efforts to fulfill them all has become the philosophy of life and education in the modern world. Because of the wave called 'Modernization' many changes occurred in education process. These changes in education process are inevitable. But also it is necessary to consistently comply with the respective culture and tradition and make a substantial connection between what is traditional and what is modern. One should not avoid changes because of tradition & also should not neglect tradition because of modernization. Essential connections should be made in both what is called tradition and what is called modern.

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Education, Values, Culture, Tradition, Modernization.
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Authors

Veerika Sukija
R. B. D. M. M. College, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India
Prabha Rani
R. B. D. M. M. College, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India
Deepika Sukhija
IDHS Central, New Delhi, India

Abstract


The present article deals with the vision of traditional & modern values in education in India. Indian tradition is a very complex thing and not an articulated or self-consistent or unitary concept, and so are the values incorporated in it. The ideal of education has been very grand, noble and high in ancient India. Its aim, according to Herbert Spencer is the 'training for completeness of life' and the molding of character of men & women for the battle of life. In modern Indian Education thought “Simple living and high thinking” is becoming an outdated nation. Increase in one's needs and desires and the efforts to fulfill them all has become the philosophy of life and education in the modern world. Because of the wave called 'Modernization' many changes occurred in education process. These changes in education process are inevitable. But also it is necessary to consistently comply with the respective culture and tradition and make a substantial connection between what is traditional and what is modern. One should not avoid changes because of tradition & also should not neglect tradition because of modernization. Essential connections should be made in both what is called tradition and what is called modern.

Keywords


Education, Values, Culture, Tradition, Modernization.