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वीरेश्वराय विद्महे विवेकानन्दाय धीमहि । तन्नो
वीर: प्रचोदयात् ।
The end of all education, all training, should be man-making. The end and aim of all training is to make the man grow.
The end of all education, all training, should be man-making. The end and aim of all training is to make the man grow.
There are two aspects
of education. One is education for the function of man and the
other is education of the being of man. If education keeps
before it the ideal of turning out men of character who will
perform their functions, whatever they may be, in a
disinterested and conscientious manner, that is education of the
being of man. Training of men’s talents and faculties to make
them fit for the diverse functions in life is education for the
function of man- such as an engineer, doctor, a lawyer, an
administrator, a scientist, a craftsman, who are all equally
members of the body-social performing their own specific
functions.
An expert doctor or a
thorough-going scientist need not necessarily be a moral person,
if the stress is not laid on the development of the being of
man. If a good man is also an efficient doctor, then the benefit
that flows from such a person is immense. Otherwise, a wicked
person who has all the functional qualification of an expert
doctor can do incalculable mischief. In the hands of a wicked
man, mighty knowledge can become a dreadful instrument causing
sorrow and suffering to numberless people.
Education must
undertake responsibility of shaping individuals into fine
example of human personalities, in whom human considerations
will reign supreme, and all other interests will occupy only a
secondary place. Alongside of formal and functional education,
which of course , is essential for everyone who wishes to be of
a useful member of society, there ought to be that indispensable
aspect of education namely, the education of the moral being of
man. Both formal and moral education should be given side by
side, in order to prepare man to accept and occupy a responsible
and respectable position in society and to discharge the duties
that devolve upon him truly, honestly, and conscientiously. It
is this kind of character building education that Swami
Vivekananda wanted when he said: The end of all education,
all training, should be man-making. The end and aim of all
training is to make the man grow.’ ‘It is man-making education
all round that we want’
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