ROLE OF A TEACHER IN MAN MAKING MISSION.

The Popular concept of modern education, particularly higher education, has adversely changed with the main objective of passing the university examinations with good marks and giving a few vocational skills to fit into the job. Higher education in science and technology, which, majority of science students opt tries to equip them for materialistic development, which is mistaken for ?progress?. The engineers, doctors, scientists, economists and men of commerce change very much in the name of civilisation and they advance materialistically. Change and materialistic development do not signify human progress and the progress of the society. The teaching community today faces an endless and challenging task of imparting value education and value based education. The present paper discusses the need of inculcating values among students and role of teacher in building the next generation. The issues and problems of young India and their reflections on the educational development with respect to goals of education, curriculum, innovations and the importance of teacher?s role are also discussed in brief.