Education without aim no better than mere certificate: Modi
New Delhi, Sep 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed on innovation in education and character-building as its goal, saying that education without aim is nothing more than a certificate hanging on one's wall.
The Prime Minister, while inaugurating the 'Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence', recalled Swami Vivekananda's emphasis on self-reliance, character-building, and human values, as elements of education.
"When there is no innovation in life, it ceases to move. There cannot ever be any time, any era, or any system, which can sustain without innovation. One is forced to carry life like a burden if one fails to innovate," Modi said while addressing Vice Chancellors and Directors of over 350 higher education institutions.
Speaking on 'resurgence' of education he said the nature of education should be such that it accommodates one's own needs and also becomes useful to the society.
"If education is acquired without any goal then it is nothing more that a certificate hanging on one's wall," he said.
Referring to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Act, which entitled IIMs to decide their course fees, syllabi, and hiring of faculty, Modi said he was surprised by the academic fraternity's silence on the reform.
"I am surprised that no academic is talking about this. The reforms that we did with IIMs are unprecedented in the history of higher education in India," he said.
The University Grants Commission's (UGC) decision of graded autonomy will not only improve the standard of education but will also help institutions to become the best, he said.
The Prime Minister also promised, as was announced earlier in the budget, that the government will invest Rs 1 lakh crore in higher education under Revitalising Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE) by 2022.
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Man arrested in Kerala for molestation case in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): A suspect has been arrested for allegedly molesting a woman at Suddaguntepalya here earlier this month, police said.
Santosh aged about 29 has been arrested from Kerala's Kozhikode, they said.
The incident allegedly occurred at 1.55 am on April 3 in Suddaguntepalya and the CCTV footage attributed to the incident had gone viral.
When two women were walking on the street that day, a man, whose face was not visible, grabbed one of them and harassed her. He had immediately fled the scene when the women screamed for help.
The police had registered an FIR under sections 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 75 (sexual harassment), and 78 (stalking) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B Dayananda had recently said that efforts were on to trace the suspect based on CCTV verification, and footage from more than 300 cameras were examined by investigators.
He had also said that multiple teams were formed to nab the accused.
