President Pranab Muk*herjee on Wednesday expressed concern over lack of quality education in India and said Indian universities did not figure among the top-ranked universities in the world.
Addressing students on the 23rd convocation of the Pondicherry Cen*tral University, Muk*herjee said the countrys ancient education system had dominated the world for about 1,800 years ago from the 6th century B.C. during which ancient Indian varsities like Taksh*ashila, Nalanda, Vikra*m*ashila, Valabhi, Soma*pura and Odantapuri were the seats of world class education centres.
There is a dearth of quality academic institutions to prepare our next generation. The central importance of higher education in a countrys development is well recognised. If we are to grow as a nation, the education system has to figure prominently in the template of progress. Right to Education has become a reality. We have to now stress on Right Educ*ation, he added.
Mukherjee said teaching and research were the two eyes of a university. While high standards in teaching have to be achieved, high quality research that will push knowledge frontiers and evolve technologies for development have to be promoted.
Local technological needs have to be addressed by our universities, he said, by creating research and development centres for such technologies in the campuses. India is an aspiring nation. We can reach the zenith but it requires everyones sacrifices. You are all capable and intelligent minds. It is your duty to take our country forward. Do all that is necessary to realise our countrys goal.
India lacks quality education: Pranab Mukherjee | Deccan Chronicle
Addressing students on the 23rd convocation of the Pondicherry Cen*tral University, Muk*herjee said the countrys ancient education system had dominated the world for about 1,800 years ago from the 6th century B.C. during which ancient Indian varsities like Taksh*ashila, Nalanda, Vikra*m*ashila, Valabhi, Soma*pura and Odantapuri were the seats of world class education centres.
There is a dearth of quality academic institutions to prepare our next generation. The central importance of higher education in a countrys development is well recognised. If we are to grow as a nation, the education system has to figure prominently in the template of progress. Right to Education has become a reality. We have to now stress on Right Educ*ation, he added.
Mukherjee said teaching and research were the two eyes of a university. While high standards in teaching have to be achieved, high quality research that will push knowledge frontiers and evolve technologies for development have to be promoted.
Local technological needs have to be addressed by our universities, he said, by creating research and development centres for such technologies in the campuses. India is an aspiring nation. We can reach the zenith but it requires everyones sacrifices. You are all capable and intelligent minds. It is your duty to take our country forward. Do all that is necessary to realise our countrys goal.
India lacks quality education: Pranab Mukherjee | Deccan Chronicle
