World Council for Total Quality and Excellence in Education
Introduction
Sustainable growth and development is only possible in an enabling environment which focuses on enhancing quality of life driven by core human values. The last few decades have seen drastic changes in global relationships. A new world order governed by trade, commerce and industrial development has evolved. The nations are now competing with each other to attain quality leadership, which will be the sole arbiter. Quality as the key driver of economic prosperity has gained more significance today than ever before. It has thus become imperative to create synergies of efforts for various professionals, experts and institutions that are actively engaged in the field of quality and productivity and to drive the movement forward. In this context, it has been felt necessary to create a network of such resources, which will promote the culture of acquiring and sharing of knowledge and experiences for the enrichment of society. Keeping this in view, the World Council For Total Quality and Excellence In Education (WCTQEE) was established in February, 1999.
Quality in any sphere can be ensured only through persons committed to it. The quality empowerment process, a mass movement, requires creating a culture from the grass root level to the highest echelons of society wherein everyone does the job to the best of his/ her ability and takes pride in it. Quality is not only in words, it is through the people who can walk the talk and is about quality people in action.
Quality People are not a matter of chance, but a constant and conscious effort must be made to groom them. The people with a commitment, a positive outlook, leadership abilities and a desire, have to be trained from the beginning with quality consciousness as their second nature. We have to adapt to the changing needs by installing innovative ideas and by shaping the attitudes and personalities of our pupils. Beside academic excellence; we also need value based education. True education is the training of both the Head and the Heart. If we want to build character in our Schools, Offices, Homes and Societies we must achieve moral and ethical literacy. Education that builds fundamental traits of character must have a spirit of teamwork, unity, honesty, compassion, courage and a positive temperament. Empowerment program mes, like Quality Circles, as an Integral part of Total Quality Management (TQM) have a tremendous potential and a scope to shape the attitudes, habits and personalities of the children and make them total quality people, total quality citizens and total human beings. We have to make our education system more meaningful and purposeful to enable the citizens of tomorrow to become proactive, value driven, conscious and active agents of change for building a new world order that ushers in global Peace and Amity.
The demand for quality is increasing day by day to cope with the advancement and researches in different disciplines taught in the educational institutions. Every year the curriculum is changing to incorporate the latest developments, as a result of discoveries and inventions. The scope of education is becoming increasingly difficult and hence a well organized system is to be evolved to keep pace with the on going changes.