For those appearing prelims and of course if u r giving prelims then also mains here is a value edition - The Radhakrishnan Commission on Higher education report - its lengthy but good. read it The Commission has laid down certain aims of university education in the country keeping in view the past tradition, the present conditions and future prospects of the country. In this context the Commission took into consideration the personal interests of the students and also of the nation. While defining the aims the Commission had been also conscious of the international obligations. We are giving below the aims of university education as laid down by the Commission: The aim of university education should be to produce able citizens who can take up national responsibilities successfully in various fields. The university has to produce able administrators and suitable workers in various occupations and industries. The university has to provide leadership in the various walks of life in the best interest of the nation. The aim of a university should be to maintain a high standard in general, professional and vocational education by inspiring the students to search for a new knowledge and good effort that must be authentic in nature. It is a duty of a university to preserve and develop the culture and civilization of the land. It is on the basis of one’s culture that one may acquire self-confidence, self-respect and self-dependence. These virtues on the part of citizens will make the nation really very strong. The university should generate new ideas and discard those which are likely to prevent the growth of the nation. For progress, it is necessary to rise above superstitions. The university has to help the students to imbibe the good aspects of their culture and to accept new values for an all - round development. The university should provide opportunities to acquire all kinds of knowledge. The university has to educate the mind and soul of the student in order that he may grow in wisdom. It is the responsibility of the university to create a consciousness in students for protecting the Directive Principles as to be laid down in the Constitution. The university has to make the foundation of democracy strong and it has to develop the spirit in students for ensuring equality, fraternity and social justice to all while maintaining the integrity of the nation. The University has to make new discoveries and inventions and it has to develop new original ideas in order to make the society strong. The university has to instil moral values in the students while making them well disciplined. The university has to develop the spirit of universal brotherhood and internationalism in the students. The universities have to provide leadership in politics, administration, education, industry and commerce. The universities should be organized as centres of civilization to train intellectual pioneers of civilization. The aim of university education should be to produce intellectual adventures. Universities should produce such wise persons who may disseminate learning to make democracy successful and who may make an incessant search for new knowledge and unceasing effort to fulfil the mission of life. One of the main functions of universities is to bring about the spiritual development of students. We are engaged in a quest for democracy through the realization of justice, freedom, equality and fraternity. Hence, it is necessary that our universities should be the emblems and protectors of these ideals. Contents of education must accept the best of what the modern advancement has to offer without neglecting our cultural heritage from the past. Education should discover the innate qualities of a person and develop them through training. Universities should preserve the culture and civilization of the country. To be civilized, we should sympathies with the poor, respect women, love peace and independence, and hate tyranny and injustice. The university education should infuse these ideals into the youths.
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