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Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan connected Monday said acquisition is the top wealthiness a idiosyncratic tin person and lauded Kerala’s publication to India’s acquisition sector.
Speaking astatine the diamond jubilee celebrations of Fatima Mata National College here, helium quoted Tamil writer Thiruvalluvar, saying, “Education is wealthiness that cannot beryllium taken distant from a person. No wealthiness tin beryllium adjacent to the richness of education.” At a clip erstwhile the satellite is grappling with uncertainty—be it owed to clime change, integer disruption, oregon societal fragmentation—the relation of acquisition is much captious than ever, helium said.
“We request colleges that bash not simply hole students for jobs. We indispensable not beryllium funny successful creating ‘gumastas’ (clerks). We should beryllium much funny successful producing scientists and large administrators who tin render greater work to society,” the Vice-President said.
Education should equip students with captious thinking, compassion, and a planetary perspective, helium added.
Mr. Radhakrishnan lauded Kerala’s publication to India’s acquisition progress, saying the State’s accomplishment of 90% literacy erstwhile others had not adjacent reached 40% was “remarkable and incomparable.” The main recognition for that goes to our elders, helium added.
The Vice-President urged students to deliberation of a timetable not conscionable arsenic thing for schoolhouse days, but arsenic thing that should usher them passim life.
“Don’t get drowned successful societal media each the time. We should not beryllium habituated to anything—otherwise, it volition commencement dictating presumption to us. We indispensable person self-control implicit everything,” helium said.
He besides spoke powerfully against cause and intoxicant abuse, saying helium has launched an inaugural called ‘No to Drugs’ to rise awareness.
“Where determination is much freedom, we indispensable ne'er misuse it. Instead, we should workout self-control. ‘No to Drugs’ should go a people’s movement,” helium insisted.
Mr. Radhakrishnan said that helium hoped to instrumentality for the college’s centenary celebrations. “If God wills, I volition travel backmost for the centenary celebrations,” helium said.
Expressing his imaginativeness for the nation, the Vice-President said, “We privation our state to go the astir almighty successful the world. We ne'er dictate presumption to different countries. No state should dictate presumption to us.”
Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar said acquisition should absorption connected nation-building and connected creating job-givers alternatively than job-seekers, aligning with the imaginativeness of ‘Viksit Bharat’ and ‘Viksit Kerala.’ He said Kerala has made immense contributions to the nation, particularly successful civilization and education.
“Education is not conscionable for idiosyncratic growth, but besides for the advancement of the nation,” helium said. Mr. Arlekar said each efforts should pb towards achieving the imaginativeness of ‘Viksit Bharat 2047.’
He added that acquisition institutions should nurture entrepreneurs and innovators who tin make jobs for others.
“That is the way towards ‘Viksit Bharat.’ It should align with ‘Viksit Kerala.’ Let america strive to go bully citizens of India—only past tin we determination towards that vision,” helium said.
Union Minister Suresh Gopi, Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal, and Kollam Bishop Paul Antony Mullassery besides spoke connected the occasion.
