Governor Draupadi Murmu today released a souvenir titled ' Bharat me Siksha: Aj aur Kal' published by Centre for Socio-Economic and Parliamentary Studies, Ranchi. The work is a collection of essays written by scholarly educationists and men of letters from across the country.
Addressing a small gathering at Raj Bhavan on this occasion, the Governor said that this work will prove important in giving a genuine thought on what kind of education the present situation needs, particularly for rural India. "Education today is something we force on the students in general. Even if they are not willing, they have to learn what we want to them to learn. In essence, education should actually student oriented so that he or she feels happy receiving it."
The Governor further said that problem areas like drop out and rural urban decide in education needs to be addressed. "We expect students of different backgrounds take the same kind of selection test," said the Governor. She also advocated that the government and education department officials in particular and policy makers in general take care of how to include rural-based needs like agriculture and livelihood, include in policies.
Noted educationists like J.S. Rajput, Chandrakant Shukla, Balbir Dutt, Chand Kiran Shaluja and many others have authored essays on education, discussing the subjects on various points including how the present day development in information technology has impacted the youths.
Secretary of Centre for Socio-Economic and Parliamentary Studies, Ayodhya Nath Mishra said literacy is being mistaken by the government as education. This trend of thoughts needs to change. Education being the spine of any society has to be dealt with care, keeping it consciously away from commercialisation. It is only through a robust education policy that Indian society will make progress, Mishra said.
The release ceremony was attended by Ranchi University vice chancellor RK Pandey, former professor of Ranchi University Giridhari Ram Ganjhu, Sanjay Khandelwal, OP Lal, SK Kiro and others.