VALUE EDUCATION: NEED OF HOUR

Values are the guiding principles of life which are conducive to all round development. They give direction and firmness to life and bring joy, satisfaction and peace to life.Values are those qualities that should be imbibed in all to enhance development of personality.Those qualities should be upgraded in all respects.Education is the tool to imbibe values in all students. So therefore these should be inculcated in students from the very tender age. Values could be inculcate as a integrated form with school subjects or as a separate subject. Value education covers the entire domains of learning the cognitive, affective and psychomotor.In this paper we are trying to discuss the importance of values in Education and the various methods and techniques to enhance values in students.