Human civilization reflects human values. Humans are the only species that, though biologically human at birth, must learn values to become fully human. Without those values, people can lapse to an animal level of behaviour. Other species do not need to learn values to be recognized as members of their species. Thus, human values unfold and define the characteristics of a human being. Swami Vivekananda once (14.02.1890) conveyed to Balaram Bose this very idea through the lines “if you look behind to the place from which you started, you will find that before you were an animal, now you are a man, and will be a God or God Himself in future.”
Learning human values is a journey that draws on many sources. The Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre has embraced Swami Vivekananda’s mission of “man making” ("It is man-making education all round that we want" – Swami Vivekananda) by offering value education to the next generation, thereby nurturing better individuals, a stronger society, and ultimately a better world.
Value education clarifies thought, provides perspective, and helps us look beyond the obvious to find life’s purpose. Practically, it restores focus by eliminating unnecessary distractions and brings balance to personal, family, community, and global life.
The Value Education Course Curriculum is an add on course designed for college students in line with the National Education Policy 2020. Details of the curriculum are available here (Click here).
This forty hour course is delivered in a hybrid format. Each online session lasts one and a half hours: the first hour is a lecture by the resource person, followed by an interactive session. The first and final sessions, each two hours long, are held in person. A formal online test is conducted at the end; participants who attend at least 75% of classes and score a minimum of 50% on the test receive a Certificate of Participation.
The course is led by eminent educationists with long experience and close association with the Indian Value System and the ideas propagated by Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and other great personalities. Here (Click here) is the list of resource persons currently available to run the programme.
Inspired by Swami Vivekananda’s words and responding to present needs, several institutions have signed MOUs to offer the Value Education Course to their students. Here (Click here) is a list of participating colleges. If you wish to bring this Value Education Course to the students of your institution, please feel free to get in touch with Mr. Braja Kishor Ghosh, our Value Education Course Coordinator, at 93305 13046 or by email at brajakghosh@gmail.com.