EDUCATIONAL THOUGHTS OF DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MODERN SYSTEM OF EDUCATION

Abstract

The investigator has tried to explore educational contributions of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with reference to modern system of education. The findings of the study are: the educational thoughts of Abdul Kalam have a great relevance in the modern system of education. Education is a journey of knowledge and enlightenment so there is no scope for pettiness, disharmony, jealousy, hatred or enmity. Research and enquiry, creativity and innovation, capacity to use high technology, entrepreneurship, moral leadership, physically fit and academically sound & spiritually awakened should be the aims of education in modern system of education. Universities should focus on education with career training and value system for meeting the needs of our nation and should provide world-class vocational skills to the youth for making them internationally competitive, so that this will bridge the employable skill gap. The students should be equipped with knowledge on subjects like leadership, management, finance, marketing, inter-personal relationship, negotiation, entrepreneurship, IT/ITES applications, knowledge process outsourcing domain expertise and also adaptation of ethical values in all professional transactions. Teachers should inspire the youth to take up subjects of their interest be it poetry, music, art or philosophy, commerce, literature, finance and all the other disciplines of engineering. He says that the universities should be empowered and the colleges should be provided with autonomy and fund to transform them into world class institutions. Spirituality must be integrated with education and self-realization should be the focus. Everyone should be aware of his higher self.