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Everything is happening in this age of progress, but the tragedy is that man is not becoming a human being. Today's education is turning out doctors, engineers, lawyers etc. but to some extent; it is not producing good human beings. Unless education instills moral and spiritual values in a child, it cannot produce human beings. Our primary responsibility is to make man a man, to instill culture values in our youngsters. The famous American thinker Tufts writes, education is for character building, by character building and of character building.
Thus, according to Tufts, the purpose and end of education is to sow the seeds of good character and good values in a human being. Since the independence of India, the commissions, set up to study and suggest reforms of education, headed by the famous philosopher Dr. Radhakrishnan, the famous scientist Dr. D.S. Kothari, and the famous educationist Dr. Mudaliyar, all came to the conclusion that education must relate to human values. As long as this is not done, as long as education does not sow the seeds of good character traits, instead of good human beings, our colleges and universities will continue to turn out people with undesirable attitude and tendencies.
ROLE OF PARENTS IN CHARACTER BUILDING
It is true that family is the first school for a child where the seeds of culture values are sown. A child spends about 18 out of 24 hours with the family members. Thus, naturally he or she is most influenced by the character of his family members. Now the question arises: Are today's parents in a position to teach good character to their children through their actions? If the parents are busy in the pursuit of their own interests and material pleasures, then it seems impossible for children to learn good values. Many parents
271 Jainism and its History
