This document summarizes key aspects of holistic education. It discusses (1) how education shapes society and should develop integrated, well-rounded individuals rather than just scholars or job seekers, (2) the four pillars of learning according to UNESCO - learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together, and learning to be, and (3) how these pillars involve mastering knowledge, developing skills and competence, understanding others, and maximizing one's potential. The document stresses that education should light a fire within students rather than just fill them with information.

1. A Glimpse of
Holistic Education
P.L.Dhar
Mech. Engg,
& NRCVEE
IIT Delhi

2. Why Education
?
• Aristotle “..the fate of empires
depends on the education of the
youth.”
Whatever good or bad that you see today in the
society is directly linked to the kind of education
we give to our youth.

3. Education : Indian
Perspective
Vidyaya amritam ashnute
Sa vidya ya vimuktaye
Education is the manifestation of perfection already in Man
The purpose ….. not to produce mere scholars,
technicians or job hunters, but integrated men …
who are free of fear

4. What is Education ?
• Education is that which remains, when
one has forgotten all that he learned in
school
• The most valuable result of all education is
the ability to make yourself do the thing
you have to do, when it ought to be done,
whether you like it or not…
• Education is not filling a bucket but lighting
a fire.

5. UNESCO: Report of the International
Commission on Education for the
Twenty first Century
Learning : The Treasure
Within
Education throughout Life based
on four pillars
– Learning to Know
– Learning to do
– Learning to live together
– Learning to be

6. Learning to Know
• Not a mere information
gathering but mastering the
instruments of knowledge -learning to learn
– Calling upon the powers of
concentration, memory and thought
– scientific temper
– Understand the environment , to be
able to live in dignity .. various skills
– The sheer joy of learning

7. Learning to Know
• It is futile to try to know
everything
• But specialization must not
exclude general knowledge.
– Developing curiosity
– Need for fruitful synergies
between disciplines
– Future of work : Interdisciplinary ‘Ecological’

8. Learning to Do
• Putting learning to practice
• From skill to competence
– Vocational trg + social
behaviour + aptitude for team
work +initiative + readiness to
take risks
– importance of interpersonal
relationship – rise of service
sector
– Intuition, flair, judgment and the
ability to hold the team together

9. Learning to Do
• Learning to do in the
context of various social
and work experiences
which may be formal as
well as informal

10. Learning to live together
• By developing an understanding of
other people and appreciation of
interdependence
• Discovering others, developing
empathy
– First know oneself
• Working towards common
objectives
– projects, cultural activities, social
work
• Manage conflicts in the spirit of
respect for the values of pluralism,
mutual understanding and peace.

11. Learning to BE
• So as to better develop one’s
personality
• Act with greater autonomy,
judgment and personal
responsibility
• Enable flowering of all potentials

12. • Make sure { AND DEMAND}
that you receive such
a holistic education
Thanks !