Purpose of Education should be to prepare a student for life. Education should be imparted in such a way that it propels students to achieve greater success as well as to handle failure, if any, with calmness & equanimity.
Overall Education should focus upon strengthening these 3 aspects:
- Values
- Skills
- Knowledge (Information)
Values:
The primary objective of education should be to nurture values in a student. Most of the problems which we are observing in society, despite making material progress, is due to lack of values. Values should be such that when a child grows up, he becomes a truly Earth citizen. His actions & life does not create any burden on earth or environment. He gives back more to society & nature than he receives from it.
Some important values to be nurtured
| Compassion | Humility | Integrity |
| Service | Grit | Passion |
| Endurance | Fighting spirit | Empathy |
| Commitment | Dignity | Positivity |
| Persistence | Ethics | Grace |
| Unselfish giving |
Skills:
When a person with right values is available then that person should be trained further for right skills & then proper knowledge and information should be given to him. Skills can be further subdivided into two categories 1. Soft Skill 2. Hard Skills
Important Soft skills to be imparted
| Decision making | Creativity | Teamwork |
| Leadership | Active listening | Collaboration |
| Ability to inspire | Sense of urgency | Negotiation |
| Public speaking | Conflict resolution | Networking |
| Vision for the new | How to mentor | Story telling |
| Critical thinking | People management | Writing well |
Important Hard skills that everyone should know
| Financial planning | Basic Law | Basic Taxation |
| Coding | Accounting | How to sell |
| entrepreneurship | Business plan dev | Customer service |
| Project management |
Knowledge:
Along with these values and skill set, when knowledge / information will be given to a student that will create a better impact on him and produce a result that will be more conducive towards himself, his family, society & entire Earth.
