Editorial

QUALITY EDUCATION FOR KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

Education is concerned with all-round development of an individual - intellectual, physical, social, moral and aesthetic. A good system of education should be able to satisfy the insatiable hunger of the new generation learners for knowledge. Educational institutions need to evolve a curriculum that is sensitive to the social and technological needs of society. According to Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, the education system has a tremendous responsibility to transform a learner into a leader - the transformation from 'what can you do for me' to 'what can I do for you?'.

The technological rise of the 21st century and widespread integration of these technologies into our society has brought about a drastic change in the entire system of education. Our education must be quality-oriented to meet the needs of the global society. In this era of science and technology, the entire education system has to be based on capacity building comprising five components: research and enquiry, creativity and innovation, capacity to use high-end technology, entrepreneurship and moral leadership.

The research papers and articles in this issue focus on the topics such as concept mastery, reflective learning, critical thinking ability, edutainment programme, experiential learning, eco-friendlines and other such realms of knowledge. It is hoped that these contributions would throw light on the readers to enrich themselves to revamp the educational system for the development of a quality-based knowledge society.