Primary school teachers' opinion on value education

Abstract

In ancient times, Krishna financially helped his childhood friend Sudama. Eklavya gave his teacher Dronachrya his thumb happily. People were really good at heart in ancient time because they were taught moral values from the very beginning. That is where present students lag in. Delivery of the knowledge, attitude and skills related to values in primary schools is as essential as the emphasis on education itself in 21st century. The major intention of the present study is to explore the opinions of the primary school teachers on value education. This study includes opinion and suggestions of ten primary school teachers of Kailali district on values education. The whole study depends on open ended questions. This study concludes with recommendations on school curriculums and textbooks, pedagogical aspects and ways of tackling challenges in values education. Findings of the present study indicated that values education is urgently needed in Nepal. For this purpose, school education curriculum should be revised and contents related to values should be incorporated in the existing primary education curriculum to make it more relevant from the perspectives of value based education.