Introduction.

 “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”

Education and its Purpose:-

 Education is the process that enables human beings to develop their quality of life, lead a peaceful social life and make a proper contribution to national development in accordance with contextual charges of the nation. As such, the goals of education emphasize balanced and harmonious development of the individual in four aspects as follows : Wisdom, Spiritual development , Physical development and Social development.

            The words of Kahlil Gibran reverberate: “No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of our knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among this followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness . If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.” – (The Prophet).

Teacher Education – Aims and Purposes: -

 Teacher Education is a curricular input for improving school education. It not only comprises transference of knowledge, but and attempt to infuse within the trainee-teachers a spirit of transaction of knowledge, but and attempt to infuse within the trainee – teachers a sprit of transaction of knowledge so as to enable the students to know how to know. According to the report of the Delor’s Commission (1997), the four pillars of education are (1) Learning to know (2) Learning to do (3) Learning to live together (4) Learning to be.

As such, the motto of the teacher education program should be to inculcate the above spirits within the students of schools.

According to Jiddu Krishnamurti , the purpose of education is to bring about freedom, love, “  the flowering of goodness” and the complete transformation of society , education is educating the whole person (all parts of the person); educating the person as a whole (not as an assemblage of parts); and educating the person within a whole (as part of society, humanity, nature, etc.) from which it is not meaningful to extract that person. Thus, education is not about preparation for only a part of life (like work) but is about preparation of the whole of life and the deepest aspects of living.