Workshop on Value Education concluded at Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura

GNS ONLINE KASHMIR 

SHAKIR BHAT 

SOPORE JUNE 02;–The valedictory function of five days workshop on “value education to inculcate peace & human values among students” was held at Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura. The workshop was organized by Prem Rawat Foundation (NGO) in association with Division of Agricultural Extension & Communication & NAHEP, SKUAST-Kashmir, wherein more than 150 UG/PG students of the Faculty actively participated and deliberated on the theme with the experts. The workshop was aimed to raise awareness, discuss and establish a platform on successful implementation of peace education programme in the formal education systems through a systemic and collaborative approach. Leading academicians shared information and experiences to develop a common understanding on peace education that will help students safely develop their physical and intellectual capacities and celebrate diversity. Ms. Poonam Sherawat, Peace education programme training facilitator in her address gave a detailed overview of the workshop.
Prof. Raihana H. Kanth, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, in her address said that value education is not only significant for the student’s navigation of life but also plays an important role in their overall personality development and making them resilient in the face of adversity. Today, at a time of growing intolerance, it is value education that teaches a child, the importance of being tolerant. Children of today are going to be citizens of the future. It is important for children to be taught to be more inclusive, tolerant and kind towards others. She also emphasized that value based education is likely to help the nation fight against all kinds of prevailing fanaticism, ill-will, violence, dishonesty, corruption, exploitation and drug abuse. The certificates among the participants were distributed by Dean, FoA on the occasion. The programme was attended by heads of various divisions, faculty members and students of the faculty.