Children's Day Special: Transforming Kids into Knowledgeable Human Resources
| IOP Desk - 18 Nov 2022

Nurturing Children & Transforming them into Knowledgeable Human Resources in Developing Countries: Dire Need of the Day.

On the Occasion of International Children’s Day, 2022

 

By Laasya Padmaraju

New Delhi, November 18, 2022

 

  • India used to celebrate children’s day on 20th November every year, as the United Nations (UN) declared 20th November as “Universal Children’s Day” in 1954 to promote awareness and international togetherness among children and improve the well-being of children across the world.
  • In 1964, after the death of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji, parliament unanimously took a resolution to honor him and declared his birth anniversary a Children’s Day officially.
  • UNESCO launched “State of the Education Report for India: No teacher, No Class” in connection with World Teachers Day on October 05, 2021.
  • The National Educational Policy (NEP 2020) was initiated to usher the sweeping changes in the educational system of India.

 

Children’s day is celebrated on 14th November every year in India in commemorating the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji (known as 'Chacha Nehru'), the first Prime Minister of India. The nation usually celebrates Children’s Day, which purports to tribute to Nehru Ji and to enhance the awareness of children of their rights, education, facilities, and protection across India with educational and motivational programs as children are the real strength of the nation and future human resources of the country.

India used to celebrate children’s day on 20th November every year, as the United Nations (UN) declared 20th November as “Universal Children’s Day” in 1954 to promote awareness, and international togetherness among children and improve the well-being of children across the world. It’s the date when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Consequent to this UN declaration, India used to observe the 20th of November every year. In 1964, after the death of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji, parliament unanimously took a resolution to honor him and declared his birth anniversary a Children’s Day officially. Since then India celebrating 14th November as a children’s day to commemorate Pandit Nehru’s birth anniversary every year.

 

Nurturing Children: Dire need of the day

 

Today’s children are tomorrow’s citizens of India. Children are the foundation for the bright future of the country. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru jihad has a great vision to provide a congenial environment for the overall development and future of the children, hence, the country can have a bright future with young and brilliant young human resources. He considers the children as the real source of the future strength of our country and for a good society.
As Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru aptly quoted -
 “Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured as they are the nation's future and tomorrow's citizens. The way we bring them up will determine the future of the country. Only through the right education can a better order of society be buildup”.
 

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru has dedicated his life to ensuring children's fundamental right to education and focused on establishing educational institutions to render quality education. Education is the first step for people to gain knowledge, critical thinking, empowerment, and skills to make this world better.

Nelson Mandela aptly said,

"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world”. Children are the most potential resource and citizens of the country, to have a better life, they must be nurtured from their childhood. They should be nurtured with good education, environment, and good health.

 

School Education System in India

 

The education system in India is often cited as one of the main contributors to economic development. The prosperity of any nation ultimately depends upon the quality of the country's education system. Therefore, a good quality education system is in dire need of the day for the prospects of our children and our country as well. Education is a prime factor for economic development in India. Education is a powerful and vital weapon for children to mold them into good and knowledgeable citizens.

The main recommendations of the Kothari Committee (1966) were universal primary education. It leads to the introduction of a new pattern of education, three language formulas, the introduction of regional language in higher education, the development of agricultural and industrial education, and adult education. To meet the changing socio-economic needs of the country, the Government of India announced a new National Policy on Education in 1986. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) at the National level and the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) at the State level were established to maintain the standard of education. University Grants Commission (UGC) was instituted to determine the standard of higher education. According to the 93rd Amendment, education for all has been made compulsory. Elementary education is a fundamental right of all children in the age group of 6-14 years. To fulfill this obligation Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has been launched. The National Educational Policy (NEP 2020) was initiated to usher the sweeping changes in the educational system of India.

 

UNESCO launched “State of the Education Report for India: No teacher, No Class” in connection with World Teachers Day on October 05, 2021, wherein Eric Falt, Director, UNESCO, New Delhi stated that…

“India has made enormous strides in the education sector in the past decades and teachers have been integral, in this progress. The National Education Policy 2020 recognizes and identifies teachers as the heart of the learning process, and that is why we decided to dedicate the 3rd edition of our State of the Education Report for India, to them. Without teachers, there can be no class”.

Good Health:

 

Healthy Kids, Healthy Future and Healthy Nation”.

 

Not only children's physical health but also their mental and behavioral health should be paid serious attention to. Practicing yoga and meditation is good to help in psychological well-being and children have to be encouraged to do so regularly. More screen time, more stress, less physical activity, reduced quality family attention, and eating unhealthy and junk foods by the children are the major constraints for the health of the children, which needs to be taken care of on priority.  As children spend the majority of their time indoors in school and at home, there should be a dedicated time for them to go out in the sun and play. This will be very helpful for their physical and mental health. Their daily diet should comprise fresh fruits and vegetables for good health.

 

What is needed?

 

Children's basic needs are “Education, health, and a congenial environment for growth”. Education is integrally linked to human, community, and national development. The first school and the teacher are ‘Home and Parents’ for children. Learning should always start from home. Parents should teach their kids discipline, respect, and social skills from an early age.

  1. School education should also focus on building social skills along with textbook learning. Social skills which children learn at an early age will, in turn, help them build a better society and better future.
  2. Children should learn to be self-confident, and happy, handle tough situations, and have critically thinking.
  3. Also, schools and parents should emphasize more on physical fitness and the growth of the kids. They should also ensure that every school has playgrounds for kids’ physical health and extracurricular activities for their overall growth.
  4. Both teachers and parents should ensure that kids go out and play with other kids. This is the best approach to reducing children’s screen time.
  5. Sports will teach them about teamwork, cooperating with others, and leadership skills which are very helpful when they grow up. Both indoor and outdoor games should be equally encouraged as they have their important in children’s mental and physical growth.
  6. Child labor should be abolished because all children have the right to education. All children have a spark in them, it's up to us whether it will be ignited or not.
  7. All children should be given equal opportunities, and there shouldn't be any bias against elders. Some children may have sharper minds than others, but if we don't support them and motivate them, their hidden talents may never be shown at a young age.
  8. Teaching facilities that make them feel more interested in the topic. Most children do not feel excited to learn something new because of the way it is being taught. By using physical means like experiments or activities, children will feel more involved and included, making them learn along the way.
  9. Children should also be given freedom to some extent. Keeping children enclosed and always focused on studying is not good for the mind, and has more disadvantages than it may seem. Hence, they should be allowed to have fun sometimes, as a reward for their hard work. 

Conclusion:

 

The children are the future of the nation and citizens of tomorrow. Hence, the children should be nurtured carefully with love and affection. The children should be transformed into brilliant, enriched with latent skills, healthy, safe, and competent emotionally and socially, fully secure, confident to face challenges, respectful of the diversity of their peers, and globally competent, and skillful human resources. Better ensuring the children have good health and living conditions, in a good and congenial, pollution-free sustainable environment. Transform children into good citizens and human resources, which are vital strengths for shaping a prosperous country. Our community of humans’ altogether has certain desires which we may not be able to fulfill, and so we pressurize children into doing so, but this in turn stops their creativity and creates a bad impact on them.

It is a fact that when technology was introduced in the classroom, there was an improvement in children's learning outcomes.

The gradual change in teaching methods and digital technology in the classroom helps in enhancing learning outcomes for the children.

Let us hope for the creation of a sustainable environment for the sustainable future of the younger generations.

 

Images Courtesy:

Pic1: Bangladesh Sangbad Sanstha; Pic2: TimeandDate; Pic3: Writer of the Article: Ms Laasya Padmaraju


---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

INDIAN OBSERVER POST (IOP) is a Class, Creative, and Constructive News platform which publishes ONLY exclusive and Special News / Views / Interviews / Research Articles / Analysis / Columns / Features and Opinions on the national and international issues, politics, security, energy, innovation, infrastructure, rural, health, education, women, and entertainment. Email – editor@indianobserverpost.com


INDIAN OBSERVER POST (Eng) -www.indianobserverpost.com

INDIAN OBSERVER POST (Hindi) -www.indianobserverpost.in

IOP ON FACEBOOK - https://bit.ly/2SlmpLA

IOP TEAM BUREAUS & WRITERS - https://bit.ly/2LxOU2I

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(Onkareshwar Pandey is Founder, Editor in Chief & CEO, Indian Observer Post and former Senior Group Editor- Rashtriya Sahara (Hindi & Urdu) and also former Editor, (News), ANI. http://bit.ly/2mh7hih Email - SMS- 9910150119)


---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

GOLDEN SIGNATURES RESEARCH & CONSULTING (GSRC)

CONTACT US FOR -COFFEE TABLE BOOKS I KNOWLEDGE EVENTS I PR I ADVERTISING I BRAND BUILDING I DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION I VIDEO CONTENT I SOCIAL MEDIA I EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS I SECTOR EXPERTISE I GLOBAL OUTREACH I MARKET SURVEY I And - GOLDEN SIGNATURE AWARDS I E -goldensignatures20@gmail.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Browse By Tags



Latest News