Former SC Judge urges teachers to equip students with knowledge of local heritage

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Jasti Chalameswar connected Thursday (December 18) stressed the value of helping children recognize and sphere the wealthiness of their section heritage.

Speaking astatine the inaugural league of a two-day store for teachers organised by Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH-Vijayawada), successful collaboration with Heritage Education and Communication Service (HECS), Justice Chalameswar emphasised the request to cognize each astir “our section heritage”.

“We are well-versed with nationalist and planetary events, but we often deficiency consciousness of our section history,” helium said and went connected to mention the illustration of Sri Krishnadevaraya, a salient king of confederate India, whose commencement and decease dates stay unrecorded.

Contrary to this, helium pointed out, King Henry VIII of England, a modern of Krishnadevaraya, had extensively documented history. “Much of what we cognize astir Krishnadevaraya contiguous comes from the Portuguese records and inscriptions,” helium said.

The nonsubjective of the store is to sensitise teachers to the request of educating students astir their heritage. INTACH-Vijayawada besides plans to found Heritage Clubs successful schools for the purpose.

N.K. Narasimha Rao, erstwhile Commissioner of the Academy of Rural Development successful the undivided Andhra Pradesh, highlighted the request to absorption connected “positive past that showcases the greatness of our heritage, enabling children to larn invaluable lessons from the past”.

He noted that Andhra Pradesh unsocial had astir 100 antithetic people creation forms, which tin beryllium efficaciously utilised to thatch past and prosecute the contiguous generation. He emphasised that “heritage is that cognition of the past which is positive, and it requires nine to actively transportation specified positives to aboriginal generations. Teachers indispensable internalise humanities cognition and pass it efficaciously to students, thereby kindling involvement successful young minds,” helium said.

Principal manager of HECS Purnima Datt explained the uniqueness of Indian heritage, noting that the Deccan Plateau represents the oldest stone enactment portion the Himalayas are the youngest. She further elaborated connected the divers taste and geographical aspects that marque India’s practice distinctive. She gave examples of the Oldest Banyan histrion successful the world, Timmamma Marri Manu, adjacent Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, and the Gol Gumbaz successful Bijapur, which has the second-largest dome with whispering corridors.

Teachers drawn from assorted schools participated successful the interactive league that followed.