On Education: Objectives
1.
“Access to knowledge: knowledge is
widely available.
2.
Knowledge concept: teaching
institutions.
3.
Knowledge creation: by those work in
science, humanities
4.
Knowledge application: making
knowledge practical and useful.
5.
Knowledge service: e-governance.
People, citizens’ interaction with the government. Information and
communication technology.
The best brains in the world are
busy solving the problems of the rich –who actually don’t have real problem to
solve. As a result the problems of the poor don’tget the right kind of
attention, or the right talent to help them get through it.
Bringing the poor into the main
stream meant making the nation's government inclusive, open and transparent. It
meant providing information to everyone. (Sam Petroda)
II
Innovation:
Innovation involves thinking
differently, creatively and insightfully to have an impact on social, economic
values and development.
Innovation that can offer
solution to the existing problems where conventional approaches have failed to
deliver results.
Five most important things that
matter in innovation:
1)
We need to look at innovation as a
platform. Innovation is required in products, process, policies, plans and
programmes. Innovation is about changing mind sets, organisations business
management models, distribution, delivery and many more.
2)
Secondly inclusivity. Our job was not
to create more millionaires, it was to lift millions of people out of poverty.
Let us focus on innovation for the bottom of economic pyramid.
3)
Innovations happen in an ecosystem
that fosters it.
4)
We want to properly define some of the
elements of sustainable, affordable innovations. We want innovation in products
that are durable rather than disposable.
5)
We have to consider the possibility of
discourse. We need to create nation wide conversation on innovation. WE need to
question the status quo and inject that habit of creative thought into the
national psyche.”
Sam Pitroda
On Education: Objectives
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To make young
people to base their lives on solid moral principles.
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Inculcating a vision
for life.
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Inculcating a
vision for the society.
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Individualism versus
a collective. Personal aspiration versus collective aspiration. Fulfilling or
working for their aspirations versus working for the aspiration of the
collective.
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History of
people and the nation: To help them to locate themselves in the context of the
history of the nation.Understanding the history of which they a part. They are
product and they contribute to the history.
·
Making of the
nation called India. Study what has made our nation. How it has traversed through the history of
people’s struggle to emerge as civilized human collective.The people, leaders who
sacrificed their lives for creating this nation.
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Valuing the
work of the people for emancipation of people who have been disadvantaged,
oppressed and marginalized. Human
collective that recognizes the aspiration of these people for equality, equity
and justice. Aspiration for justice for
all is more important than aspiration for personal aggrandisement.
·
To make them
understand the idea of India. Creating a nation they want to live in. Democracy is based on historical reality of
India and in interaction with global cultur; evolved value based democracy as
an environment for all to learn and grow; environment of equal opportunities
for all, equal participation and equal access to resources needed for growth of
individuals and of human community.
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Democracy is
based on values of secularism; tolerance for people’s ways of life, thinking,
faiths, religious beliefs and practices and culture; even more, sharing with
people of other cultures to develop composite nation. There are people belonging to different
faiths, religions and persuasions. Making youth understand and appreciate other
religions and faiths we will have lessons on all the religions in India.
·
Promoting
dialogue, exchange and cross fertilization of religious ideals, values and
ethos. Study of all religious philosophies.
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Looking at the
nation in the context of the global scenario.
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Value of democracy,
socialism, secularism, tolerance, respecting diversity, living with
differences.
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Art, culture, music,
religious heritage, history and philosophy.
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Emphasis on
learning English: without English the
rural youth will lag behind. It will put
them on the path of progress.
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Study science
with temper of philosophy; And study humanity with temper of science.
·
Create
economic system that will be free from exploitation and bring about egalitarian
society.
·
Study
political science and politics that is value based, participatory democracy and
governance.
Methodology:
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Seminar and
workshop approach and emphasis on Peer learning.
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Learning to learn:
Developing capacity to learn is more important goal of education than
accumulating information and knowledge.
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Developing the
capacity to learn: Empowering a person,
making a person self reliant; to understand, comprehend issues, challenges
facing a person, community; to search and find solutions.
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Searching and
researching. Exposure and social involvement.
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Learning to
think and problem solving.
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Learning from
one's experience.
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Breaking out of
moulds, thinking out of box.
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Exposure to
the world outside one's own.
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Walking back
in the history. Reading, writing.
Practical organisation:
o Position ourselves in one place
(village) where the school centre will be located. From there reach out to at
least five village schools.