Value Education in Schools Ranjan Mitter

26/11 Mumbai Attack

Satyam Scam

Internecine hatred

The way of life Karma- what is it?

The Mahabharata: Duryodhana I know what I should do, and what I should not – yet I cannot put it into practice !

Today’s child

Accessing Information

Social Awareness and Skills

Each person is unique

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

atmano mokshartham, jagat hitaya ca

What we can do Discussing topical issues openly Using different teaching-learning environments and settings Out-of-classroom activities and excursions Team building sessions

Swami Vivekananda Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization, and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now. But their time is come; and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal.

Nothing can be taught …. Survival of the planet has never been more at stake, and the role of schools and educators never more critical therefore.

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