Modern age education have lost the basic knowledge sharing. Read more to find what exactly happened at the Gurukuls

1. What We Can Learn From The
Gurukuls?
-Nikhil Borker

2. Lack of social ethics
• Nowadays it is common to hear or read about students in
school being bullied on the basis of their race, caste or color.
• Adolescents are kidnapping their own friends for money.
• Gunshots are heard in school toilets.
• Students are engaging in acts of obscenity in the school.

3. Gurukul, at its best
• This makes me ponder upon the importance of education
imparted in Gurukuls in the iron age.
• Not only did these institutions teach children the invaluable
teachings of the Vedas and Upanishads, or for that matter the
art of warfare, they were taught something even more
essential, the ‘Dharmas’ or moral values which seem to be
missing from modern education.

4. Schools! A home away from home
• A school is the place where a person spends about 5 % of
his/her life.
• Moreover 40% of the time in the formative years is
consumed in attending school.
• Thus, the influence of schools in shaping the future of a child
is tremendous.
• The academic skills imparted by schools are no doubt
indispensable, but these can only make you an able
professional. In order to become a good human being social
and ethical values are vital.

5. • For a democratic nation like India to thrive respect and
tolerance are the bare essentials.
• Caring, compassion and willingness to help the needy can be
some other additions to the list.
• Secondly, focus should be on teaching in a holistic manner
such that a student enjoys and grasps the content.
• Otherwise even the academic routine becomes dull and
monotonous.

6. A step towards betterness
• In order to avoid the degradation of students, the CBSE has
proposed a new scheme of evaluation for classes 9th and
10th in which about 10% of the marks in every subject will be
devoted to questions on social ethics and moral values.
• This is an extremely positive step towards reforming the
education system.
• Not only will it help students solve the problems of life in an
ethical manner but also facilitate them to maintain good
interpersonal relationships, both at home as well as work.

7. Begin at home
• Although ethical education seems to be a favorable
proposition, there are certain controversial issues such as
abortion, capital punishment, religion etc, which can’t be
discussed freely at a public level.
• It is better if such topics are discussed at home.
• Apart from imparting good values in a child it will improve
the child–parent relationship as well.

8. The Gurukul style
• Schools should take a leaf from the book of the centuries old
Gurukuls and take up the responsibility of providing both
academic as well as moral education.
• Only then can we have a society which is not judged by the
percentage of its youth but by the integrity of their character

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