A holistic vision
is needed for education and compartmentalisation must be discouraged.
Education must be imparted with a clear-cut vision and must
not be reduced to merely being instruction. The entire education
system must aim at excellence and quality, which is only possible
if there is a judicious blend between the two. Besides, the
entire community must also be part of the education process.
This was stated by Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Union Minister for
Human Resource Development while delivering the inaugural address
at a Seminar "Excellence in Education : The Global Journey",
being organised by CII and Ashray Hastha Trust here today.
Dr. Joshi underlined
that educators must rise above simply creating various skills
among students. Today, due to market considerations, the thrust
is on imparting skills to students which will hold them in good
stead in the job market. Though this aspect is important, the
educator, on the other hand, must try and build all four ingredients
of the individual – body, mind, intellect and soul. If only
one aspect is addressed, the resulting individual will not be
complete.
