GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, LOCAL VALUES: ASSESSING TEACHERS' READINESS FOR VALUE-BASED INTERNATIONALIZATION OF EDUCATION IN INDIA

As the global education landscape undergoes rapid transformation, the challenge for nations like India is to internationalize education while retaining indigenous ethical foundations. NEP 2020 recognizes the importance of both "internationalization at home" and the integration of Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS). This chapter investigates how teachers in India perceive and practice core human values—Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love, and Non-Violence—within a global educational framework. Using a mixed-method survey grounded in Bloom's Taxonomy, data were collected from 150 teachers across ten Indian states. The study reveals that while teachers have a strong awareness of human values, their readiness to apply, evaluate, and innovate value-based pedagogy within an internationalized context remains limited. The chapter advocates for systemic reforms in teacher training, curriculum design, and policy orientation to enable Indian educators to become ambassadors of global citizenship rooted in local values.