'India can be Vishwa Guru'

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'India can be Vishwa Guru'

Friday, 26 December 2014 | Ramesh K Singh | Varanasi

'India can be Vishwa Guru'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for producing quality teaching staff and developing an educational system that does not produce robots but helps in developing overall personality of students. He said India should evolve an educational culture which can help the country play the role of “Vishwa Guru” (universal leader) in the 21st century.

The PM was speaking at Swatantrata Bhawan in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) here on Thursday after laying the foundation stone for Inter-University Centre for Teachers Education, launching the Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching, and inaugurating the three-day cultural festival “Sanskriti”, artisan upgradation programme “Yukti” and wi-fi campus in the university.

Modi said history is witness to India’s pivotal role in the forming and spreading wisdom and played a universal leader. “The present era, being considered as an era of knowledge, our role and responsibility have increased. We have to emerge universal leader not only to give new direction to the world but also to protect our own heritage,” he said.

“The 21st century is the century of knowledge and India has the responsibility to make its contribution. It is the demand of time,” he said, while addressing a function at Banaras Hindu University here as part of Good Governance Day celebrations.

“My experience as Prime Minister in the last six months says that the whole world is looking up to India with expectations. The world is ready but we are not ready,” he said.

He advocated the introduction of a five-year training course after schooling for those aspiring to pursue a career in teaching and said the country should aim to export top-class teachers across the world.

Modi said an environment needs to be created for producing teachers who are rooted in the country’s culture and tradition and can be exported in lakhs as there is a large demand globally.

Modi said lives of all great people tell us that their mothers and teachers played important roles in their growth, and this is why we want to strengthen our teachers’ education system by starting five-year graduation course in teaching after intermediate as was recently done in law courses. He said that such course should comprise all areas, including child psychology, science and behavior, etc.

He also said that yoga is our old tradition and today the entire world has accepted its importance in living a balanced life. He appealed to the people to develop specialised centres that may attract tourists to Varanasi.

“Tourists come here to offer prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple and take a holy dip in the Ganga. If they find some centres of their interests, they would stay here for long time. In turn it would increase the income of the loca,” he added.

The PM also highlighted the advantage of his cleanliness drive. He said a poor person can save at least Rs 7,000 a year which he is spending on medicines. Modi appealed to artistes to stage plays and programmes to create awareness among the people towards female foeticide, malnutrition and others.

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