STRESS AND EDUCATION DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

If education does not involve adequate teacher and student interaction; then the cognitive domains remains defective. Thinking or perception remains defective. Attitude becomes sectarian, biased, prejudiced and divisive.This itself causes suffocation and stress.

As a result; there is defective affective domain. The feelings become diseased. The feelings of love, considerate attitude, generosity, oneness, get distorted and one becomes mean, insecure, timid, cruel, treacherous, cheater and so on.

The psychomotor domain involves development of skills. Lack of productive domain in mainstream schools and colleges; nurtures dependence on certificates and breeds corruption for passing, appointment, promotion and so on!

Physical domain involves physical fitness. Sedentary education causes hypo-kinetic (lack of movement) stress. The youth deprived of outdoor sports, athletics, exercise, walking, running etc develop stress.

Spiritual domain refers to inner growth that facilitates the blossoming of all above domains. Prayers for global welfare and practices such as NAMASMARAN enhance spiritual domain. Lack of this domain leads to pettiness, meanness, irresponsibility, fragility, lack of adaptability and so on!