Integral Education Convocation Address Education for the Global society Moral & Spiritual Values In New India

Education has been a life long interest with me, as a life long student and also as Chancellor of several universities. Most recently I was a member of the UNESCO International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century, the report of which was published in 1996 under the evocative title "Learning: the Treasure Within". I have written on various aspects of education. Essentially I feel that education must address all the dimensions of the human being – physical, intellectual, aesthetic, societal and spiritual. Education is probably the single most important function of human civilisation, not merely the formal education system but the broader question of educating human beings around the world. Recent breakthroughs in communication technology have given us immense possibilities in this regard.