'value education' courses in engineering colleges to inculcate better values and character building

Updated on: Monday, December 31, 2012

After being appointed vice-chancellor of the Rajiv Gandhi Technical University (RGTU) for a second time in a row, professor Piyush Trivedi has taken the decision of implementing 'value education' courses in the engineering colleges to inculcate better values and character building in the budding engineers. The course will be added from the 2013 academic session. The RGTU is the governing body of engineering colleges in the state.

Dr Trivedi said incidents like the heinous Delhi gang-rape has made it mandatory to the educational institutions to produce civilized future citizens.

When asked, vice-chancellor, Dr Trivedi said the university is not merely a factory producing talented engineers . "Values are the principles of standards that help improve the quality of life. It helps in understanding dos and don'ts of behaviour. They form the basics of character formation and personality development. RGPV is committed to develop engineers with all such values," Dr Trivedi said.

"Inhumane behaviour like Delhi gang-rape is hampering the very fabric of our society and culture. Therefore, there is an urgent need to introduce value based education dealing specifically with human values".

He also said, "RGPV will soon release its road-map of next five years. Several important decisions including opening of the new engineering colleges in the remote areas and others are involved."

Besides, there will be a long-term road-map 2050 for which several decisions will be taken gradually.

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