The Indian Knowledge Systems: Nurturing Well-Rounded Youth
Abstract
The modern youth of today is facing unprecedented challenges such as poor self-image or self-confidence, mental health issues, emotional turbulences, violence in neighborhoods, addiction to material substances as well as digital or cyber material, unhealthy competition, peer-pressure, excessive sensory-indulgence, instability of family relationships which lead to excessive materialism without a balancing spiritual insight. In this way, youth is bombarded with many opposing forces and conflicting influences. Due to these negative influences, achieving internal stability and heart-brain connection is difficult. Current education must address the training of the minds and hearts of teenagers and youth that will enable them to solve their own problems and that of society with the appropriate level of consciousness. This paper aims to address not only the educational needs of today's young generation but also guide them to lead a balanced life by addressing their holistic development. Gitopadesh program will help as an intervention to bring synchronization between heart and mind which has been designed based on a superior pedagogical approach and well-defined learning outcomes to inculcate values, promote self-study and improve actionable knowledge towards designing one’s destiny of a higher purpose. Gitopadesh course combines traditional wisdom with modern educational practices to create a holistic learning experience.
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