Character Development in the Indian Context Via Value Education

Abstract

India is renowned for both its educational system and its rich cultural values. Unfortunately, though, that is now in the past. In the past, Indians’ lives were significantly influenced by ethical principles. Value education used to start in childhood and was taught by gurus and senior family members. Indians are currently being impacted by western culture and excessive commercialisation as a result of globalisation and liberalisation. People now act like machines due to growing rivalry, nuclear family structures, and career greed. Because they prioritise their careers and finances, parents in today’s nuclear family structures who have both working parents rarely have time for their children. As a result, children are not receiving a decent education from theirparents. In schools and colleges, parents believe their children will learn everything. Successful managers, entrepreneurs, physicians, engineers, accountants, economists, and scientists have all come from our educational system. They’ve all had the best training and education, but intellectual dishonesty is terrible. Numerous incidents that occur in our daily lives serve as a reminder of the educational system’s shortcomings in developing students’ moral character. A 24-year-old female lecturer was recently reported to have been burned alive. At Wardha, she was set on fire by a scorned lover who threw paraffin on her. A youngster killed herself on April 13, 2018, after receiving a reprimand from her mother for not pitching in with household chores. Another instance included a bank worker who killed his senior manager because the manager refused to promote him.at work. Another instance had two groups of teachers fighting in the street.