Let the Head Think and Heart Speak

The core purpose of education is to ensure that our citizens have the
skills needed to actively participate in the democratic society. Human values
among students can be fostered through personality development
programmes. Behavioral skills can be imparted along with professional
skills, thus linking values with knowledge.

Value education is not only the heart of education but we can put it
rightly as value education is the education of heart. Indian education system
(gurukalams) always set knowledge and skills to go hand in hand. Very
important saying “Vidya Vinayen Shobhate” in Sanskrit tells us that persons
intelligence is valued only if he is polite and humble. Values cannot be
forced on a learner. Good intention of a teacher is not sufficient for real
integration of values unless the seeker agrees to inherit it as his
unconditional choice. Men with values will never succumb to pressures of
work and competitors. Values in today’s world are called as soft skills –
ability to respond to situations, ability to take leadership and enhance the
co-operative activity to take the group to it’s best position, A leader who has
good interpersonal skills supports co-members to offer their best. Value
education teaches harmony, independence and leadership. A person who
succeeds in the right way is the one who inspires others to succeed.

Knowledge is appreciated when it is well presented. Thus to let others

accept your capacities you have to exhibit them in a right way. So one needs
to have good speaking skill, presentation skill, listening skill, writing skill,
body language and most important is the right attitude. These all skills
together are called as soft skills. A good professional is the one who can
acquire required knowledge, technical skills and moreover can exhibit them
with good communication skills, support his subordinates with good
leadership skills. He has a positive attitude which teaches us to laugh at our
miseries and be sympathetic towards others miseries.

Globalization has made the unification of analytical abilities of east

and behavioral soft skills of the west. Today Education is complete only
when it is based on the information, analytical mentalities added with proper
soft skills. Success of a person depends on how beautifully he/she can
absorb the above three capabilities and mould them selves to posses the
leadership qualities even before entering into the professional life.

Every teacher, parent and student must understand the need of the day
and take necessary steps to mould themselves to be able to combine
knowledge, Information and hand skills with the most important element of
modern world Soft Skills.

Dr Indrani kelkar
Associate Professor
Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology
Visakhapatnam, A.P.