SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A PARADIGM SHIFT TOWARDS HIGHER EDUCATION

Our challenge is to shift the information education to wisdom education, which will take us near the goals of Sustainable Development (Stephen Sterling 2001).There are many challenges that causes a major danger to sustainable development. There is need to tackle these challenges for the well-being of the people and the earth, today and tomorrow. Higher Education is a powerful policy instrument and strategic tool which contributes in achieving the goals of sustainable development of a nation. Higher Education helps in growth and development of human resource which can take the responsibility of sustainable development. For this planning and strategy formulation in a different and new way is required in higher education which should be beyond the teaching- learning processes by making the people aware of their surrounding and sharpening of life skills. This paper suggests that there is need to analyze and enhance consideration for the potential of higher education in India to be change agent for sustainability.