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Developing Awareness in Teachers Towards Values
A.P.Sharma
INTRODUCTORY
A teacher of any category, primarily is a human being who has his needs, likes and dislikes, prejudices, opinions and beliefs. Therefore, it is imperative to look into some of those aspects of a teacher, which affect his various roles relating to values.
Jain Education International'
In the last forty five years, since the country has gained its independence, there is a general belief that education has stepped down from its coveted heights to a much lower level, especially in respect of human values. There has been tremendous growth in anti-social values and youth in general has started leaning towards vandalism, which not only includes destroying public property but also tends to give teasing, shirking responsibility and involvement in unlawful activities which are detrimental to public peace and conducive to anti-nationalism.
There have been long debates on these issues including on how to implement values, but all invain. It has also been tried to determine as who is responsible to debase the solid foundation of the age-old value system which had been so deeply rooted in the Indian cultural soil. The National policy on Education (1986) has reflected a great deal about the deterioration of human values and after many long debates which ran for months and in which often mid night oil was burnt, no concrete solutions have been discovered. Although the National Policy has suggested many ways to strengthen values among our children, students and youths, but even after six years of enactment of the National Policy not much has been gained in that direction. The problem is there where it was and it is a matter of great concern for all of us that value pollution is a fact and it has been affecting our national life to a great extent.
Primary Schooling - A Stage of Great Importance
Who is really responsible to such a dismal situation in respect of values? Who should be held responsible? It is so easy to shift the responsibility to others, buy why not face the truth. In my own opinion it is the teacher himself who is mainly
January-March 1993
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