NCERT Director Shruti Shukla expresses concern over declining objectivity of education

Jalandhar: The NCERT Director Shruti Shukla has said that it was totally wrong to connect education to employment alone. She said that the main objective of education should be to progress the Nation by developing human qualities. She was addressing the closing ceremony of Sarvhitkari Varshikotsva Smaroh organised by Sarvhitkari Shiksha Samiti here on Monday.
She expressed concern that today both the students and the parents were only concentrating to attain marks in the examination and career of the student. As a result, the basic objective of getting education such as developing human values, building moral values and developing society by personalities development were lagging behind, she added.

Addressing the closing ceremony as the key speaker, Shruti Shukla said that the objective of education should be broaden. She said that every student was carrying special qualities given by the nature and the responsibility of education was to provide an opportunity to a student to explore those qualities. She added education was breathless without moral values because one could get employment with the help of degrees. But, one could stick to that post only on the basis of one's sacrament. She regretted that the today's education system was mainly revolving around marks and we were losing our moral values. She said the increasing tendency of corruption and malpractices were also the outcome of fall of moral values. She expressed happiness that educational institutions like Sarvhitkari Shiksha Samiti were providing qualitative and cultured education. She said that there was a need to organise workshops for parents too besides students to apprise them of real meaning of education.

The chief guest of the event and national general secretary of Vidya Bharti Lalit Bihari Goswami said that realization of Indian society, culture and spirituality come from Punjab. He said that all the Commissions set for education only "polluted" our minds and culture of the country was ignored badly. But, some progressive and thought provoking people immediately after the Independence managed to identify this danger and set up an educational institute in Gorakhpur which has now grown as a big tree and known as Vidya Bharti. Vidya Bharti was now spreading fragrance of education to the whole society, he added.

Among others, the Samit's president Yashpal Goyal, North Zone organising secretary Vijay Nadda, Sanskrit Shiksha Utthan Nyas secretary Desraj Sharma and other office-bearers of Sarvhutkari Shiksha Samiti were present on the occasion.

Sarvhutkari Shiksha Samiti has started giving state-level honour to Acharyas for promoting work culture from this year onwards. The honour comprised of cash reward of Rs.5,000 and a certificate to each winner. Those honoured were as under: Aruna (Chandigarh), Vishal Kumar Hariyal (Pathankot), Surekha (Amritsar), Kiran Chopra and Janki Mishra (Malerkotla).

During the 3-day-long event, variety of programmes such as written examination, folk song, poetry recitation, folk dances and other cultural events were organised. Besides, activities such as physical exercise and sports were held. Acharya Sansad was also organised. Best Acharyas and Didis were honoured with mementos.