ZZ1094D VALUE EDUCATION Dr. Prateek Negi Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering NIT Calicut, India Dr. Prateek Negi
Dr. Prateek Negi, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, India 2 W hat is Value and What is Education? Values are basic and fundamental beliefs that guide or motivate attitudes or actions. They help us to determine what is important to us. Education is the process of facilitating learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.
Dr. Prateek Negi, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, India 3 Vision
Dr. Prateek Negi, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, India 4 Social Justice Social justice, in contemporary politics , social science , and political philosophy , the fair treatment and equitable status of all individuals and social groups within a state or society. The term also is used to refer to social, political, and economic institutions, laws, or policies that collectively afford such fairness and equity . It is commonly applied to movements that seek fairness, equity, inclusion, self-determination, or other goals for currently or historically oppressed, exploited, or marginalized populations. https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-justice Five Principles of Social Justice There are five main principles of social justice that are paramount to understanding the concept better. Namely, these are access to resources, equity, participation, diversity, and human rights.
Dr. Prateek Negi, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, India 5 Social Injustice T he sad part was when the monkey tapped the rock on the wall. It reminded us of a human not getting paid or treated fairly and asking what it is doing wrong.
Dr. Prateek Negi, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, India 6 Right of Equality: Indian Constitution Article 14 Equality before law The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth Article 15 The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them. Article 16 There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment or appointment to any office under the State. Article 17 Abolition of untouchability Article 18 Abolition of all titles except military and academic
Dr. Prateek Negi, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, India 7 Social Justice Article 15 in The Constitution of India 1949 Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth (1) The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them (2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to (a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and palaces of public entertainment; or (b) the use of wells , tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public (3) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children (4) Nothing in this article or in clause ( 2 ) of Article 29 shall prevent the state from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes .
Dr. Prateek Negi, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, India 8 Social Justice: Article 16 Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment (1) There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment or appointment to any office under the State (2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence or any of them, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect or, any employment or office under the State (3) Nothing in this article shall prevent Parliament from making any law prescribing, in regard to a class or classes of employment or appointment to an office under the Government of, or any local or other authority within, a State or Union territory, any requirement as to residence within that State or Union territory prior to such employment or appointment (4) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favor of any backward class of citizens which, in the opinion of the State, is not adequately represented in the services under the State (5) Nothing in this article shall affect the operation of any law which provides that the incumbent of an office in connection with the affairs of any religious or denominational institution or any member of the governing body thereof shall be a person professing a particular religion or belonging to a particular denomination
Dr. Prateek Negi, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, India 9 Caste Issues
Dr. Prateek Negi, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, India 10 Social Injustice: Gender
Dr. Prateek Negi, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, India 11 Feminism vs Pseudo Feminism ‘Feminism,’ in simple terms, means that no sex should be treated with any injustice. They should receive equal treatment. But, off late, there is developing a new type of feminism that is rightly called pseudo-feminism. Pseudo-feminists have a deep desire to remedy all the injustices inflicted on women, often by lashing out and demeaning at men. What they forget is the fundamental essence of the movement towards feminism: equality.
Dr. Prateek Negi, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, India 12 Balance is the key
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