CBSE to devise a course on value education

Updated on: Friday, April 12, 2013

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has tried to assess the reasons behind the spurt in evils like corruption and sexual crimes in the Indian society. The CBSE authorities along with some education experts have deduced that decline in value education is the root cause of such evils that are growing in the country.

To mull over the ways to inculcate value education among the children, CBSE set up a committee about a month ago to chalk out a syllabus in this regard. The five-member committee is headed by CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi and coordinated by Board's course director Sadhna Parashar, said Pawan Sinha, who teaches political science at Delhi University. Sinha, a spiritual thinker and popularly known as Astro Uncle for his TV show which he presents for children daily, is also a member of the committee.

The main objective of the committee is to devise a course on value education, Sinha said, and added that the effort is not to include value education merely as a course. "Value education can be inculcated in students not through any teacher who while teaching many subjects goes on to teach this one also," said Sinha, who was in Lucknow as part of his mission to create awareness about values and ethics. He added: "If we really want to inculcate value education in a child, we need to have teachers who lead a life based on value education."

"We can't expect a teacher who fights with his wife at home, doesn't have control over anger, is aggressive and lies for his benefit to inculcate value education in children," said Astro Uncle. The fact is that there is no dearth of such people who still lead a principled life, Sinha said.

Sinha said the committee's report would be ready soon. In fact, CBSE plans to impart value education to children of class XII from the 2013-14 session.

About the genesis of the thought to inculcate value education, Sinha said CBSE chairman and the course director were already in favour of such education, which could connect the new generation from the prized-culture of the country. The final encouragement to form the committee came after they attended an international seminar on behaviour issues organised by the Paavan Chintan Dhara Charitable Trust in New Delhi last year.

"We need our children to be proud of our culture and ethos and that is only possible if they are able to inculcate value education," Sinha said, and added that increase in cases of corruption, sexual harassment and other heinous crimes proves that value education in the country is on the verge of extinction.

CBSE to devise a course on value education

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