AIMS OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN INDIA

The time has now come when existing pattern of University education requires change. The University education has to be such that it is able to meet the specialised needs of the modern society. For the Universities through their students have to pour info the country useful citizens. The Universities most act as the store house of spiritual and moral knowledge. A purely humanistic or purely scientific education will not do ; even a blend of the two may fail to achieve the needful. If we require on the one hand more doctors than engineers;  on the other hand we require as many teachers. Education in Agriculture is no less important.

In order to preserve the international character of a university the students must enjoy the freedom of movement. Today travel has become so fast and easy that the world is a much smaller place. Journeys are shorter in terms of time if not distance. The movement of teachers and students alike between universities shall help to break­down narrow nationalism. Today a proper understanding and respect for the achievements of others is essential. For in the field of techno­logy, engineering and medical science more so in space exploration, the other countries of the world have greatly advanced. It is essential that the universities help to develop a universal respect for all achievements.

With the growth of specialisation, two major difficulties appear before universities. First it is easy to lose sight of the object of education by becoming involved in technical details. Secondly, by moulding itself to the needs of the students and the needs of the state, it may lose its power to mould the students into reasonable and responsible men. The need of the students for university education is purely economical. He has no more glamour of university education except for employment potentialities.

For this reason the university has not only to provide specialised training to the students. It has also to make the students capable of thinking for themselves and capable of expressing the results of their thoughts to others. The universities must produce complete human beings who are able to take their proper place in the society. They must bring credit to their education both for their professional knowledge and as men.

The university education must create a sense of realisation on the part of the students that they have definite duties towards human society. They must cultivate ability in the students to behave in a reasonable way, to behave in a moderate, nonviolent and peaceful way. The rowdy, lawless nd destructive tendency of the students is to be curbed immediately. Thejf universities through students must spread their influence to the society. The kind of mental and moral frustration with which the student walks out of university is not healthy.

To create a balanced sense of obligation and understanding, the pursuit of knowledge must not only be confined to science, classics or medicine etc. With all the reasonable knowledge accumulated it must be turned to good account. The conflict between man and society must be resolved.’ The universities must mmy advocate that there is no conflict between disciplines, between humanism and science. The central character of all knowledge must continue to remain man, his possibilities, limitations and the depths he can sink to. The practical application of knowledge along with the comprehensive understanding of man and his needs is the foremost duty of the uni­versity.

A university truly national in character it the crying need of the time. “The dry and negative university education is doing more harm to the nation than a foreign aggression The recent destructive tendencies of the students is a serious warning to all right thinking educationists.

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