EDUCATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES

EDUCATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES

The goal of development is the “promotion and expansion of valuable capabilities.” Amritya Sen

 Dimensions Of Human Development

Life         Knowledge         work & Play        Relationships     Spirituality           Participation  Inner Peace

 

Appreciation of beauty                                                                 Harmony with Non Human World

The concept of individual development is based on capability and capability is an all round human quality observable in what Sir Toby Weaver describes as 'purposive and sensible' action (Weaver, 1994). Capability is an integration of knowledge, skills, personal qualities and understanding used appropriately and effectively - not just in familiar and highly focused specialist contexts but in response to new and changing circumstances. Capability can be observed when we see people with justified confidence in their ability to:

• take effective and appropriate actions and decisions

• explain what they are about

• live and work effectively with others; and

• continue to learn from their experiences as individuals and in association with others, in

   a diverse and changing society.

WELL BEING

REFINED FUNCTIONING

CAPABILITIES

                      FUNCTIONING

SKILLS

Capability is a broader concept than that of competence. Competence is primarily about the ability to perform effectively, concerned largely with the here and now. Capability embraces competence but is also forward-looking, concerned with the realization of potential.

Education For the Development of Individual Capabilities

1.       Inspiring a sense of Purpose

2.       Use of Judgment, intelligence and commonsense

3.       Providing opportunities to action

4.       To think logically, Critically and analytically

5.       Inculcation of sense of responsibility

6.       Combining Internal and External Capabilities

7.       Facilitating Cooperation and Partnership

8.       Guiding and mentoring

9.       Development of one’s potential for self development

10.   Awareness about equality, justice and harmony

11.    Development of inborn potentialities- Education helps the child to develop the inborn potentialities of child providing scope to develop.

12.   Modifying behavior- Education helps to modify the past behavior through learning and through different agencies of education.

13.   All-round development- Education aims at the all round development of child-physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual.

14.   Preparing for the future- After completion of education the child can earn its livelihood getting proper education, which has productivity. The education should be imparted according to the own interest of the child.

15.    Developing personality- The whole personality of the child is developed physically, intellectually, morally, socially, aesthetically and spiritually. He is recognized in the society.

16.   Helping for adjustability- Man differs from beast. Man has reasoning and thinking power. Man tries his best to adjust with his own environment through education.

17.    Development of social and moral value: Society is always in tension with narrowism. There is no social or moral value. Now the man is behaving like an animal. Animality can be changed with moral education. Education teaches the moral value and social value like co-operation, tolerance, sympathy, fellow feelings, love affection, respect towards elder, helping the poor and needy persons.

18.   Providing opportunity or equality: Indian Constitution has introduced the term ‘equality’ because we are not getting equal opportunities in all aspects. Education teaches us to give equal opportunities in all aspects irrespective of caste, creed, color, sex and religion.

19.   Development of ethical and moral values

20.  Capacity for research and innovation

21.   Inculcation of civic and social responsibility- Education helps to make rising generation to understand its rights and duties as citizens of a democratic country.

22.  Training for leadership- The leadership quality of the individual is developed when he participates in all spheres of social, political, religious and educational activities.

23.  National integration- We are living in one country having diversities in respect of color, caste, language, diet, dress, habits and physical environment.