Education today is a little stressful and filled with competition at all levels. A student is expected to be an expert in everything with exemplary record. Thus mindfulness in education is becoming important for every student today. It basically means how a student can achieve psychological peace in such demanding and cutthroat surrounding. . The focus of many education trusts is now on developing an approach towards providing holistic development of students.
The NEP aims to instill such moral and human values into regular learning paradigm through offering Indian Knowledge System (IKS), Value based learning courses etc in the curriculum. These reforms for holistic progress will only be possible with proper environment and educators zeal in implementing them through the curriculum into the students mindset.
Mindfulness and self-identity can be achieved through a conscious attempt when there is an urge to reform the education system at all levels. The NEP is a small attempt to integrate mindfulness in education for holistic development of student at each level. Swami Vivekananda said that “Each soul is potentially divine and we must manifest this Divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal”. Therefore, the true mindful education can be achieved if the manifestation of knowledge is not controlled but promoted for well-being and learning in educational settings.
ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय ।तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ।मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय ।ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
O God, take me from worthlessness to reality (Self), lead me from darkness towards light, direct me towards knowledge from Ignorance and guide me from Mortality (of Material Attachment) towards Immortality (of Self-Realization).