Declining Ethical Values in Indian Education System

Abstract

In the pre-independence era, when few people had access to formal education and it was known that educated persons would display civilized behavior, decency, good manners and ethical conduct, on the other hand, uneducated persons would display uncivilized behavior and mostly crimes were committed by them. However, with a huge expansion of the education system, there is a marked decline in the characters, moral values. Today most of the crimes are committed by students coming out of schools and colleges and well-educated people. In most of the educational institutions, there is lack of emphasis on the concept of human development and nation building process.  Their emphasis instead is on moneymaking and materialism. This has resulted in the gradual decline of values among people. It is high time to identify the major causes of declining ethical values in Indian education system. In this paper we discuss on the probable causes of ethical deterioration i.e. corruption, privatization, absence of teacher, undue political interference etc. The only way to arrest this decline is in providing value-orientation in Indian educational system. In India, it is necessary to increase ethical values, philosophical thinking, study, research and moral development in education system.

Keywords: Indian Education System, Ethical deterioration, Corruption