What is the role of health in human resouces development?NCERT Class IXEconomics - Main Course Book
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While both are essential in developing human resources, no one can say which is superior. But I would first like to delve on Education. The role of education is paramount. Because without education, one's life is incomplete. As the saying goes, " Knowledge maketh a full man". "vidhya dhan sarva dhanal pradhan" (The wealth of education is far superior to other wealth or riches). Education makes man positive-minded, well-refined, and flexible and saner. It makes him choose the right path in his life and takes man to the world of prosperity. The fundamental thing for growth of a individual or nation is based on the educational level of the majority of the people in that country. A country with a majority of ignorant population will not be in a position to make much headway in its development of any sort. The individual is the micro unit and the nation is the macro unit. The duty of any patriotic person is to serve the country to the best of his ability so that collective efforts of all of the people take the nation to zenith of progress and prosperity. Therefore, all steps necessary to educate all the people of the country are to be taken, not only for the intellectual development of the individual, but also spiritual/mental development of the people, While intellectual development accelerates economic and technological development, if proper measures are not taken for the spiritual/mental development of the people, the country would face anarchy, because of lack of fraternity, empathy for the poor people and flexibility to work with individuals of different characters.
The Educational system should be so revamped as to make the citizens achieve not only high IQ (Intelligence Quotient) but also high EQ (Emotional Quotient). Many Efficient Engineers make fantastic plans, but they fail miserably because, they fail to convice the others and to organize people and motivate the people to take the plan to bear fruits. In the result, because of lack of polishness on the part of the High IQ Engineers, their plans merely remain on paper. This facet should be taken care of while devising the educational system which will prepare the youth to be more polished in their attitude towards others. Regarding Health, it must be mentioned that the people must be properly educated to keep their surrounding clean and hygienic, because many diseases are caused by unhygienic practices. Health is Wealth. Without health, no one can perform his/her duties satisfactorily. Even during the period of Education, people should be taught the ill-effects of smoking, drinking etc which are taking a heavy toll of the Nation's population. Who knows how many Ramanujan are extinguished during childhood. The people should be properly educated to adhere ti sound diet regime and yoga and exercise to keep body and mind fit. A healthy and educated people are the very essence of a Nation's Progress. Long Live Healthy and Educated!!! India