The need for inculcating values in the students was stressed by speakers at a seminar on Value Education organised by the Value Education Movement (VEM) at the Government Boys Higher Secondary School in Katpadi on Saturday.
G.P. Ramakrishnan, Motivator of VEM said that the National Council for Education, Research and Training (NCERT) has laid down 93 values to be imparted to the school students. He appealed to the headmasters and teachers to take up the responsibility of imparting these values to the students in their schools. The Value Education System was introduced by the Ministry of Human Resources Development about 20 years ago. It is time now to implement the system in the schools, he said.
M.K. Gajapathy, former Joint Director of Collegiate Education released the book on Value Education written by L. Sadagopan, Chief Motivator of VEM. S.N. Janardhanan, vocational teacher of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Katpadi and Media Coordinator of VEM said that VEM has been imparting value education to school students through teacher volunteers and external volunteers in various schools for the last six years. The need for imparting value education is more today in the light of the recent disturbing incidents of school students becoming addicts to alcohol, he said.
Mr. Sadagopan welcomed the gathering. L. Selvarani, Headmistress, Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Katpadi presided. Sri Akinchana Krishnadas Swamigal of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Vellore, Rev. Savarimuthu of the Catholic Bishop House, Vellore, V.S. Amir Jhan of the Jamath-e-Ulma and T.V. Sivasubramaniam, former Chief Education Officer spoke.
