54th Foundation Day celebration of Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal organized at Delhi University
It is necessary to incorporate Indian values
in education: Prof TG Sitaram
If you want to promote goodness, you have to
put premium on it: Prof Yogesh Singh
It is necessary to pay more attention to
children in the age group of 5 to 15 years: Prof Satchidanand Joshi
The 54th Foundation Day
celebration was organized by the Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal, Delhi Region, on
Saturday at the Conference Centre of University of Delhi. Speaking on the occasion
as the chief guest, AICTE. Chairman Prof TG Sitaram said that a strong India
can be built only by including Indian values in education.
Speaking on the occasion
as a special guest, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi, Prof Yogesh
Singh said that if goodness has to be promoted, premium has to be placed on it.
While presiding over the
ceremony, All India President of the Indian Teachers’ Board, Prof Sachchidanand
Joshi, while stressing on the importance of child education, said that at
present more attention needs to be given to children in the age group of 5 to 15 years.
Chief Guest Prof TG
Sitaram said that the work of including the ancient knowledge tradition in the
education system has been done by the National Education Policy. Also, the
importance of mother tongue has been accepted in its framework. At present,
work is being done in the direction of democratization of Indian education
along with connecting knowledge and skills with technology. There is an effort
to make important works available in Indian languages through translation.
Prof Sitaram further said
that the role of teacher has changed in the society in the last few years.
Technology has worked to change the education system very fast. In this era of
Artificial Intelligence and Chat GPT, information is available to everyone, but
teachers are the only elements of the society which build a strong society, by
incorporating Indian values, along with the use of technology and modern knowledge.
Correct and effective use of technology is the need of the present era. He
stressed that it was necessary to include skills in regular educational
programmes.
Special guest of the
function Prof Yogesh Singh said in his address that if goodness is not
encouraged then how will goodness flourish! Vice Chancellor said that evil
comes on its own while goodness is very fragile. Small experiments will have to
be done to encourage it. In today's time, this is a big challenge, on which the
education board needs to work. He said that it is up to the professors to
decide how to do this.
The Vice Chancellor said
that it is the teachers who are more responsible than the children for any misbehaviour
that the children do. Addressing the teachers, he said that you are professors
and the country has expectations from you. Today, from the society to the
court, people trust us. The onus is on us to make the students good, and this
will happen when we ourselves become good. He said that the education board
needs to work on these subjects in the next 10-15 years.
Presiding over the ceremony,
All India President of the Indian Teachers’ Board, Prof Sachchidanand Joshi
said that the aim of the Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal is to bring Indianness in
education. He said that at present more attention needs to be given to children
in the age group of 5 to 15 years. These children will build India after 25 years. Prof Joshi,
expressing concern, said that it is unfortunate that today we do not have time
for this. He called upon all the teachers to consider it as their
responsibility.
Prof Joshi also said that
today there is a need for the best, dedicated and devoted teachers in the
society. As the teacher thinks, so will be the behaviour of the society. Bharatiya
Shikshan Mandal, he said, is constantly trying to nurture the Indian education
system with Indian values. This organization is doing commendable work in
shaping the India of the future by going ahead of customs and policies.
He further said that a
society which has the best teachers will not have to look elsewhere for
anything. Today, there is a need to inculcate Indian values in children during
primary education itself so that they can be sensitized towards the nation and
the society. Indian sages have done the work of laying a strong foundation of
the Indian society with their knowledge and sacrifices, which the scholarly
power of the strong and devoted teachers has worked to enrich even in adverse
circumstances.
At the beginning of the
ceremony, the President of the Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal, Delhi Region, Prof
Ravi Prakash Tekchandani introduced the guests and welcomed everyone. The
compere of the ceremony was Prof Ajay Kumar Singh, who was the coordinator of
the event and at the conclusion, co-convenor Prof Ranjan Tripathi proposed the vote
of thanks.
