In a bid to promote value based ancient gurukul education system in the State, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Tuesday announced that the State Government would provide free of cost land to those gurukuls which would provide free education to the children.
Besides, it would also assist in making all necessary arrangements required to run such gurukuls including the recruitment of teachers, said Manohar lal while speaking at a programme on ‘Relevance of the Gurukul system in the present era,’ organised by Panchnad Shodh Sansthan, here.
While underlining the significance of gurukuls in providing education based on renunciation and dedication to the children, the Chief Minister said that instead of confining just to the 3R education that is “reading, writing and arithmetic”, the moral values, yoga, patriotism should be made a part of education system for the overall development of children.
Manohar lal said that as per the ancient system, it is the moral responsibility in our society to provide facilities of health and education to the people free of cost.
He said that the State Government has taken several steps for bringing about a qualitative change in the education system.
A major chunk of the State budget is spent on providing free education to the children. Now, the State Government has also constituted a 21 members State Higher Education Council under the chairmanship of Prof BK Kuthiala, to create an enabling environment for promoting academic excellence, the Chief Minister said.
He also advocated abolishing the no detention policy for class first to eighth in schools saying that the system has adversely affected the studying habit of students as they have no fear of failing in the examinations.
Manohar lal further said that Haryana has made its mark in various spheres world over.
Earlier, the Gita Jayanti Samaroh used to be organized in Kurukshetra at a much smaller scale. The present State Government has been organizing Gita Jayanti Samaroh of international level. People from 25 countries have participated in the Samaroh during the last three years, he said.
He also said that this year, programmes of Gita Jayanti Samaroh would be organised in Mauritius and United Kingdom (UK). Invitation has been received from these countries in this regard, he added.
Director, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Dr Jagat Ram described Gurukul education as the best education system which aims at the overall development of children.
He also stressed the need to include the issues pertaining to human values in the present education system. Director, Panchnad Shodh Sansthan Prof BK Kuthiala said that the Panchnad Shodh Sansthan was set up in in the year 1984-85 to maintain a sense of harmony in the society.