"Education is a process to develop man''s faculties, especially his mind, so that he may be able to enjoy the contemplation of supreme truth, beauty and goodness." - Aristotle.

       In olden days education was given to create supreme wisdom. In the Gurukuls of the past, instructions were provided for right living, spiritual advancement and moral conducts. Students were trained to lead lives marked by humility, sense control, virtue and discipline. The system of education dealt more with truth and totalities and helped to purify the process of learning.

     With the advent of scientific and technological developments human life has been transformed beyond all imaginations. Information technology has shrunken the gigantic world into a global village. No body can deny the fact that a gene clad future is on the anvil. This technological advancement has led to a radical change in human values. Loss of moral and socio-ethical values is being reflected in every sphere of human life. Today human life is facing a crisis of identity. The trend of education today is to train the minds in knowledge, ideas and skills which can be utilized in the future to further our materialistic ambitions and aspirations. We are tempted to assume that technological progress is the real progress and that material progress is the criterion of civilization. In this mad pursuit we have forgotten to realize that "Education is not an end in itself, but a means to an end". The present-day education has not been able to train and discipline our minds. As it was rightly said by B. Russell "A scientifically nurtured society, which has lost all its moral and spiritual values, is definitely bound to crack"

      At present education has become more a way of business. In the work-a day world, where the teachers work only for the wages they get, they don't spend time to give to the students outside the scope of curricular brilliancy and that is the greatest stumbling block in the way of development of life and character of students. This is mainly due to the dependency of private educational institutions an academic performance in terms of marks, which help them in marketing. Parents and teachers have become careerists. Such career minded teachers and parents are infecting the young minds with materialistic attitudes. Legitimate educators are now becoming fast vanishing tribes. Undoubtedly the power of money, moderation and technological developments cannot be denied, but not at the cost of a virtuous noble life. Are we to become a living dead living like robots in a world of concrete jungles? Students pass classes and acquire degrees without cultivating sensitivity, appreciation and wisdom. The present system of education fails to make students fit for a noble life. The whole system of education seems to go against the very nature of humanity. But ironically, we are always trying to adjust the man in the system rather than adjusting the system to bring out the best in man.

     Today the genes of honesty and sympathy are getting eliminated from the population at a rapid rate. All our activities are based on profit-loss calculations. Even many of the NGO's (Non-Governmental Organizations), which are supposed to be service minded, have become profit-motivated organizations aiming at exploitation for self- benefits. Love has become market place transaction. Due to loss of reciprocating sentiments between parents and their children nowadays our senior citizens are dwelling in old age homes longing for love and affection.

      The human values in our day today life is more conspicuous by their absence. Unless they become part of our life and way of living the situation will continue to worsen at the peril of human kind. As a matter of fact, modern man's eternal danger is not so alarming as his own spiritual and moral bankruptcy, has made him ethically barren and completely devoid of inner values which make up the sum total of the essence of human personality. Educators if they wish to be legitimate ones, must seriously scrutinize these undercurrents and stand guard against them. Neglect of imparting values in education shows that we are not anxious to show our youth the noblest ways and means of living. This requires our urgent attention. The only way to correct the situation is to incorporate study of the human values as a core subject in our education system right from pre- primary, primary to higher education.

     We need to nurture core inner values like discipline, dedication, meditation, mutualism, earnestness, simplicity, helpfulness, patience, appreciativeness, right speech, modesty, love of justice, honesty, sincerity and similar other virtues in our young tender minds. Values related to inter religious interaction and social cohesion need to be imparted to the igniting minds. It is the utilization of these qualities, which molds the personality of an individual. The ultimate human value is to achieve peace and prosperity for all.

     Value based science is of paramount importance to realize the highest ideals of education and to develop full potential of the students. Value based education now an integral part of New Education Policy 2020. Value based education is likely to help the nation fight against all kinds of prevailing fanaticism, ill-will, violence, dishonesty, corruption, exploitation and drug abuse.

     As Swami Vivekananda said rightly "Education is the manifestation of the perfection already existing in man," Value based education does that manifestation perfectly. Education is the unfolding of the infiniteness inherent in man. It is the blossoming of the flower of divinity within. Education that develops human beings, as symbols of humanity is true education. Such education is the need of the hour. It is the cure for all the ills that deride our being and our society. Education is an all-round drawing out of the best in the child and the man- body, mind and spirit. This definition includes the physical, intellectual and spiritual aspects of human existence.

     Yogic concepts are like the software programs of a disciplined personality. Patanjali''s Yoga sutra says, "Yoga is nothing but anushauhan, yoga is nothing but discipline”. This discipline is physical and mental as well as spiritual. The yogic form of education must be incorporated into our formal education system.

      Towards the aim and principles of ideal education, all of us have a role to play. It is the duty of parents and teachers to resonate, to vibrate with the noble human values and then to animate the young minds at home and school with the same. The prime responsibility lies with the teachers. They are the torchbearers of the future generation. They must understand that theirs is the noble profession, a holy service to the salvation of humanity. The real work of the teachers lies in fashioning the young minds with human values rather than killing their brains with cart loads of books.

       In fact, the concept of human values in education is highly complex and delicate issue. Value merely perceived is valueless. It must be lived. Adherence to socio-ethical values is necessary for an honorable life. The very existence of the nature is for the education of the soul.

        Education devoid of values is detrimental to society in the long run. Education is called vidya, which means, "that which give light". Vidya is the light that one needs to destroy the inner darkness. What world needs today is neither a new order, a new system, a new society, nor a new religion. The remedy lies in a sober, sane and logical scientific outlook coupled with man's appreciation of the principles of sociological truth. This can be achieved only through "Proper Vidya".

         The function of the universities is not merely to send out technically skilled and professionally competent men, but it is their duty to produce in them the virtue of humanity. "A university stands for humanism, for tolerance, for reason, for progress, for the adventure of ideas and for the search of truth. It stands for the onward march of the human race towards even higher objectives. - Jawaharlal Nehru.