Exposition
Education has been the chief determinant of all
development. The basic meaning of education is practice. Nowadays we have
forgotten this meaning. Today by education we mean studying.
Today the education institutions are facing many problems
which are far too many in the case of colleges and universities than in
those of primary schools. Educational institutions, the family, the
society and the country all expect that the students should be disciplined
and that they should have a good character. We want education to develop
character, discipline, restraint and toleration. Somehow this is not
happening. What we are witnessing is the occurrence of vandalism, violent
agitations and arrogance. The reason is obvious. Modern education has
nothing to offer for the students' mental and emotional development. Our
schools are full of teachers of physical exercises and yogic postures as
well as of those who dole out enormous quantities of materials for
intellectual development but they have hardly anyone who can take care of
the student's mental and emotional development. The Government is not in
the least worried about it, nor does the present system of education offer
any method for solving the problem. We want to reap the fruits without
sowing the seeds and blame the system of education for everything. How
surprising ! It is a clear indication of topsy turviness.
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