What is real education?

Education is regarded as the most important instrument for societal change. In Indian context Indian has been engaged in educational revolution from last two decades, it is clear from governments burgeoning concern to educate its citizens. Numerous schemes and policies like Sarva siksha abhiyan, Rajiv vidya mission, etc. are sponsored by the central government. In 2009, Right to Education ( RTE ) bill was passed in parliament. RTE is also being implemented in most of the cities and hinterland of the country Existing government is not only the first one to rise voice to educate Indians, but it was felt so, from the inception of British Raj in India. Gandhi Ji's view of education was very different from the status quo education system which prevails in India. His views on education was ''ethical education'' which can imbibe humanity and can make them aware. This type of education is called real education. Indians had suffered much on the hand of british due to lack of education and awareness, without which they were treated as barbarian. Even in India of today, although we are living in a democracy, but taste of democracy can't be realize until each and every citizen of India will be educated. The education which can make citizens realize for their entitlements is a real education for destitutes and underprivileged ones. Sense of real education can change its course by changing situations. There are myriad of answers for a particular question that is, what is real education?? Many people might say only getting higher degrees, being cognizant of worldly affairs and many of them might think real education is that which is potent to make huge amont of money. Todays generation see education only as an instrument to make money which can satisfy their materialistic mundane life. But the sense of real education is to make a man or a woman, a human being. A man without ethical, social and moral values can't be regarded as human being."Man is a social Animal" and man is social when he makes himself fit for the society and for that one has to pursue real education through which imbibing of ethics and all ingredients of human qualities take place.

purpose of education is sceptical. Lots of person have different ideas regarding this, but the gandhian views on education serves the real purpose of education. Mahatama gandhi said several decades ago " education for life, education through life, and education throughout life". But unfortunately today, we are witnessing that education has augmented hostility instead of euphoria, anxiety instead of serenity and so much of tensions. Because we never want to consider education for life, we always connect it to any materialistic things. Students of this generation do not want 'education through life', In phantasy of mammon, they want quick things of learning, and only those things which can propitiate their needs. For them there is no significance in gaining humanization based education. Dehumanizing and alienating aspects of education come into light because education is not 'throughout life'. Gandhi ji's concept of education is basic education which can lay foundation of life and it can be regarded as real education also. The motive of education is to make people realize what is good and what is bad, and after cognizant of good things, endeavour to implement and inculcate those good values. But the type of education which is being imparted today is not real education. people are getting more and more educated but they are also becoming more and more vindictive, graphs of crime is going up, the purpose of education was never to make Bombs and to destroy the humanity. Lack of real education is dragging them to accomplish these dehumanizing activities. Purpose of education is to make earth a better place for living and connect all and sundry with single string to live together as human beings. Real education teach us to follow Single religion "humanity" which is first chapter of all religions, not crusades in the names of religions.

In this cyberage, people are getting more technical and there is unprecedented enhancement of intellectuality among them. But these all intellectuality is connected with materialistic world which give birth to many tensions. Tension between materialistic and spirituality or science and religion. Education whose purpose is to make realize of good things is now engaged in debates, what is right and what is wrong? Spirituality is rated as second over science. Over domination of science and technology. It is not over domination of science and technology, but it is probably the misinterpretation of science and technology that is the underlying cause of much tensions. Although science is mandatory to make rational thinking about any issue but we must not mess up science with de facto divinity and universal values of ethics.

In today's world we lack real education even in educated persons. Real education is hard to find in books. A person who is regarded illiterate by the world might be the champion of real education and an educated one might have zero level of real education. an instance of two real brothers can make us realize the meaning of real education more candidly. there are two brothers , one is illiterate and other is highly educated. when someone in their vicinity met with a fatal accident. Illiterate brother will ran away for help due to sort of reflex action. But the educated brother will avoid the situation as he doesn't want to indulge in problems. he will even try to prevent his illiterate brother from going for help. probably he will wait for the next day to send condolence message to the family of the victim, if he is much affluent then he probably will send condolence message to the family of the victim through news paper. In this, who will be regarded as more educated when u take into account the real purpose of education??

Real education which is still an utopia for current generation can be achieved when we will follow Gandhian view of education. Real education is based on those values which guarantee the welfare of all people rather than welfare of few sections and deprivation of others. Education must be based on the laws of humane and human experience. "what book can be there than the book of humanity". Real meaning of education or real education is that which augment brotherhood, fraternity, peace , non- violence and truth.

By:- Tanveer Ashraf