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The two sides of education
S. PALLAVI RAJ
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Acquiring skills and a larger outlook towards life are complemetary
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Pallavi Raj
Modern civilisation is dominated by service and scientific development. As a result, specialisation in certain branches and industrialisation have become the most important aspects of scientific development. It is because of this reason that technical education has seen such an increase in demand.
In earlier days, education was meant for the intellectual development of the man and, in some cases, for spiritual cultivation.
Discipline
The aim was to discipline emotions and thinking. With the passing of time, education became broader and more significant in organising society.
Technical education makes us specialists in certain domains. There are a large number of jobs which cannot be properly performed without technical knowledge.
In a developing country such as ours, technical education is very important.
It is not possible to make industry the basis of economy, as we have envisaged, without making arrangement for technical education.
That is why a large number of Indian Institutes of Technology and other engineering colleges cater to this type of education.
In this respect, one thing should be kept in mind: arrangement for absorbing technical manpower should be made. It is generally said that technical men can never remain unemployed because they will have their own industries, but this is true in theory only.
Wholesome
We should always try to have a larger outlook, comprehensive thinking and humanitarian approach. For all this, there should be ‘liberal’ education in the humanities also. This not only makes us cultivate our emotions, but also develop our thinking. Technical education makes human beings machines but when it is mixed with liberal education, it becomes wholesome and beneficial.
Technical training is more or less practical whereas education is somewhat different from learning the skill. There should be liberal education for its own sake.
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