Challenges of Higher Education in 21st Century

Abstract

Education is just like a torch that enlightens the way of human beings by not only imparting knowledge in the relevant field but also inculcating moral values, spiritual attitude, and the righteousness in character, the forever existing and never stolen treasure of goodness, pious ness and purity. The cardiac motive of education is the all round development of an individual. It functions like a magic trick that transforms an illiterate and uncivilized animal to a literate and civilized man. But, in today's so called ultra modern & highly sophisticated society, education has lost its actual existence somewhere. The modern & sophisticated youth of today's totally materialistic and high-tech society finds little interest in the prevailing education. He gets high degrees & certificates with high percentage but fails to achieve the primary goal of education. He knows the things theoretically but is not able to prove the facts practically. The major flaw in the education field is caused by corruption that has successfully spread itself as a giant epidemic disease especially in India and also has played a major role to bring idleness among the youth. No doubt, we enjoy luxuries & facilities but have lost our confidence, right attitude, mental peace and satisfaction, our conscious and even our identity as a human being and the respective qualities. In the context of such a concern, the education must have to shift it self from mere imparting information to the knowledge empowerment and inculcation and development of values which will enable the students to find their problems and get the relevant solutions of them respectively and thus enable to make a more healthier, happier and benevolent society and must contribute to the global growth.

Keywords: Education, personality, character, enlightenment, conscience