Insights from Ancient Indian Education: Fostering Skills and Values for Holistic Development

The purpose of education is to protect and nurture a child’s mind and not mere academic excellence. Moreover, in the present scenario, education should aim to prepare a child for life through accomplishment of an intelligent, self- disciplined and resilient mind. Several research studies have highlighted the need of enriching the quality of education system. Considering the mental, physical and emotional well-being of students, New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is targeting on holistic development by imparting 21st century skills in each learner which a major role in witnessing an era of intense global transformation. Ancient Indian education system (AIES) involved the best teaching learning practices and stands globally high and noble which aimed on cultivation of character, personality development since it was skill and value based. Therefore, this paper aims to revisit some of the major teaching learning practices of ancient Indian educational system that could be focused for imbibing life skills and values considering the practical applicability to improve the quality of present educational system.