Education - a link between develpoment and sustainability

Abstract

“Development and Sustainability” - can these two things can go hand in hand? Of course not, because where there is development, we don‟t think of sustainability. This is what we have been seeing from the inception of the modern era. If we compare our past (ancient era) and the present (modern era), it is evident that development and sustainability hasn‟t been hand in hand. Though it is hard to define yet „Development‟ is a systematic way or a process of adding improvements to an existing situation or thing and hence, it is a slow and a gradual process whereas if we talk about „Sustainability‟, it is an endurance of systems and processes. Thus, these two- DEVELPOMENT and SUSTAINABILTY, forms the basic components of innovation. But then it is important to maintain a balance between these two components otherwise an imbalance can lead to an adverse effect. Talking about developing countries like INDIA, development is one of the major issues in such countries. People are more focused towards development than sustaining their resources. This leads to a situation where development reaches on the highest plank of a see-saw and sustainability being on the lower side. Thus, there arise a need for creating a balance between the two planks, development and sustainability. Apart from trying to come up with huge bulgy ideas for building a balance, people should start thinking for easy and effective solution. There can be several solutions to come up with but I will keep my focus on EDUCATION. I have an elementary reason for keeping my focus to education, because education is one thing that helps to nurture any raw mind. There is a link between education and development. Some countries progress while some decline because education can be an aid in development as well as in sustainability. In case of India, the progress has faltered here because we have not been able to remove illiteracy even after 68 years of independence. So, my following paper will discuss about education being an important link between development and sustainability.