Challenges and Issues in Teaching Indian Philosophy: An Appraisal

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to identify the huddles faced in understanding Indian Philosophy by students and to develop methods for the same. There is a requirement for understanding Indian Philosophy for making it relevant for 21st century, because understanding makes subject interesting and makes application easier. Our task is to expand Indian Philosophical concept world-wide. Sooner or later it would create a benchmark and will be placed as only philosophy without any distinctive geographical boundaries.
Recently, Government of India has brought a proposal to reform the ongoing education structure by bringing National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and is expecting to implement it as soon as possible. Emphasis has been given to implant Indian culture and values into the life people through education. It also wants to make people aware about the enriching culture and philosophy that our country has. Indian culture and philosophy were lost in British era which now brings us into a mission to revive it and one of the ways that can be done is through education. It focuses to draw attention of the students and scholars of India and of the world-wide towards research in philosophy. NEP 2020 wants to show the world how rich and relevant Indian culture and tradition is. It has the power to produce spark in the lives of everyone. It sets aim to develop method for the same. So as scholars and teachers in philosophy we can better analyse the problems we generally face while reading and teaching philosophy.