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EDUCATION IN HUMAN VALUES

The National Policy on Education has laid considerable emphasis on value education by highlighting the need to make education a forceful tool for the cultivation of social and moral values. The policy has stated that in our cultural plural society education should foster universal and eternal values, oriented towards the unity and integration of our people. Such value education should help eliminate obscurantism, religious fanaticism, violence, superstition and fatalism.
 

2. Within these overall objectives, a Central Sector - Scheme of Assistance to Agencies for Strengthening Culture/Art/Values in Education and for Assistance Educational Institutions implementing innovative Programme was formulated in 1987-88. On the recommendation of the Working Group, the Scheme was re-formulated in 1992 to extend the process of strengthening cultural and value inputs in education to the non-formal sector also along with school system. The Scheme was again revised with its new name 'Scheme of Assistance for Strengthening Education in Human Values' in the X Plan with the aim to strengthen human value inputs in the entire educational process at all levels of education, i.e., from pre-primary to higher education including technical and management education. The ceiling of the grant has also been increased from Rs. 5.00 lakhs to Rs. 10.00 lakhs.
 

3. Under the Scheme, financial assistance is provided for projects to government agencies, educational institutions, Panchayat Raj institutions registered societies, public trusts and non-profit making companies for taking up project under this Scheme. The projects are sanctioned to NGOs within the parameters of the scheme and the financial outlay provided. Financial assistance is given to the extent of 100% of the cost of project within a ceiling of Rs. 10.00 lakhs approved by the Grant-in-aid Committee for activities relating to Strengthening of Culture and Values in Education. The grant to the registered organizations is given various purposes such as development of teaching and learning materials, audio-visual aids, training of teachers, conference, workshops, seminars for parents/community/students/ teachers, creative activities, school children theatre, setting up of museum corners etc. for promoting universal values such as truth, peace, love, righteous conduct, non-violence and the values enshrined in the Constitution of India. Besides giving grant to NGOs the Scheme also aims to incorporate human and cultural values components in the curriculum at all levels of education system.