QUE : Family, education and society play an important role in the development of culture and values.- Discuss.

Values ​​are a criterion on the basis of which the right and wrong in the behavior and work of an individual, group or community is decided.

 Many factors play an important role in the formation of values ​​of any person. Such as, family, society, education, folk principles, laws, religion etc.

•  In this regard, a great philosopher said, “We are not our own creation, there are thousands who have created us.”
  
•  Role of family in the development of values ​​and culture:
  
•  The first school for instilling culture and value formation for children is the family

•  Role of mother: Mother is the first teacher of the child. From the mother, the child learns the qualities of love, affection and affection. For example, Gandhiji’s mother Putlibai instilled the virtues of truth and non-violence in Gandhiji during his childhood by reciting the Bhagavad Gita.
  
•  Father’s role: Generally, when children consider their father as a role model, it becomes natural to imitate him. For example, children learn habits like respect for women by their father, not violating traffic rules, equal treatment of sons and daughters, etc. from them.
  
•  Grandparents’ role: Grandparents instill values ​​like cooperation, self-respect, compassion, etc. in the child during childhood through stories like Mahabharata and Ramayana.
  
•  Apart from this, the role of the family also proves to be important in matters like giving the child freedom for career choice, counseling and removing negative thoughts and vices.
  
•  Family interaction, shape and physical environment prove to be important in the development of values ​​in any child.

• Role of society in value and culture development:
  

• Values ​​and culture are instilled in children in the family, while their cultivation and dissemination take place in the society.
  
•  Socialization teaches norms, values, customs.
  
•  A group of friends instills the values ​​of cooperation, cooperation, sportsmanship.
  
•  Values ​​like altruism, reciprocity are learned through neighbors.
  
• Similarly, ideal qualities like brotherhood, morality, equality are cultivated through social traditions.
  
•  Role of education in value and culture development:
  
• Martin Luther King said, “Intelligence plus character that is the true goal of education.”
  
•  The new education policy, which came out a while ago, has been envisioned in 2020
•  Value-based education and society are created → It plays an important role in instilling the qualities of patience, tolerance and decency in the individual.
  
•  The mixing of different classes and cultures will instill the qualities of compassion, truth, dialogue. Various curricula and subjects play an important role in the development of values ​​and culture. Such as,

o History: World History (French Revolution- Freedom, Equality, Fraternity) and Modern Indian History (Gandhiji’s Pretoria Train Incident, Fight)

o Science: Eliminates customs (casteism, superstition)

o Literature: Builds social and human values.

o Sports: Strengthens the spirit of sportsmanship, teamwork

•  Similarly, visits from schools or colleges to various places like museums (tolerance, secularism), old age homes (compassion, mercy) play an important role in the development of values ​​and ethics.

Thus, family, society and education create a moral society by instilling ethics and values ​​in the individual. Which will prove to be important in fulfilling the vision of inclusive development of the country.