SME Times News Bureau | 05 Aug, 2019
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday
stressed the need for an integrated, value-based education system that will
focus on all-round and holistic development of an individual to effectively
face the challenges of the 21st century.
Inaugurating the Centenary Celebrations of Patna
High School, in Patna today, he stressed the need for incorporating lessons on
Indian culture, traditions, history and heritage.
He said the National Education Policy 2019
envisions an India-centric education system that contributes directly to
transforming our nation sustainably into an equitable and vibrant knowledge
society by providing high quality education to all.
Naidu urged intellectuals and others to study the
Education Policy and give their suggestions.
At the same time, Naidu said the students should
keep abreast of the latest areas in Information Technology like Artificial
Intelligence and Internet of Things and upgrade their knowledge and skills.
Observing that education makes a man civilized,
cultured, dignified and deft, the Vice President opined that education was not
only for employment and must make a person a responsible citizen who
understands sufferings of others and becomes empathetic to their needs.
Advising the students to dream high and aim high,
the Vice President asked them to inculcate the qualities of discipline, hard
work, righteousness, honesty and develop social awareness to achieve success
and reach higher career positions in life.
Talking about the importance of mother tongue or
native Indian languages, he called for making mother tongue as a medium of
instruction up to the primary school level.
He also emphasized the need for ensuring physical
fitness among youngsters.
Congratulating Patna High School on the occasion
of its centenary, he said the school had produced many eminent people in
different walks of life.