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Expanding Horizons of Higher Education: Challenges |
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“You cannot move into the 21st century without having the necessary skill-sets to take you there,” said Shri H.K. Dua, member Rajya Sabha and an eminent journalist, while delivering the valedictory address at the North Zone Vice-Chancellors’ Conference currently underway at Panjab University, Chandigarh. Shri Joginder Singh, Editor, Rojana Spokesman was the Guest of Honour. Shri Dua, in a free-wheeling address, spoke of the genesis of education in India, formulation of various plans, policies et al and lamented the fact there were still people in the country who could not write their names. “Fundamentally, we forgot to strengthen our foundations with education,” he said. There is the need to widen the horizon of thought, a need for national awakening regarding the multifarious roles that a citizen is required to play if he is to be an equal participant in the nation’s growth. For that he needs the empowerment that education brings, particularly an education that is not compartmentalised into disciplines. “Universities have to be the crucible for new ideas, for a life in harmony with all existence,” he said. Shri Dua also stressed the need to de-politicize appointments in the universities in order to protect their autonomy. “But for that the onus lies on the vice chancellors”, he said. Deliberations on the second day of the Conference saw an interesting mix of viewpoints regarding teaching and research in higher education. |
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Hindus upset over mishandling of Hinduism in school textbooks in USA |
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Nevada,U.S.A- 4th Sept 2010:- The Hindus have criticized the lopsided view of Hinduism provided by many school textbooks across USA. Prominent Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, urged the United States Department of Education to form a committee of Hindu leaders and scholars to go through the Hinduism part of the content before the publishers brought out the book. It was not healthy to feed the highly impressionable minds of teenagers with the biased view of the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about one billion adherents; Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, argued. Moreover, it could hurt the feelings of devotees, he added. Rajan Zed further says that one such book, elaborating a “Cooperative Learning Activity” suggests the teacher for a “Role Play” by organizing the class into the four *varnas *and the “untouchables”. It also wants each group to discuss how its members should react to the following hypothetical situation: In ancient India, a cow from a small herd dies in a crowded street in front of a Hindu temple or shrine. Zed points to another textbook, which talking about Hindu Beliefs, says: Many Hindu shrines are literally covered with stone sculptures of nymphs, dwarfs, serpents, and demons. Sometimes these figures represent one of the principal gods, often Vishnu or Siva. |
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Plant trees for clean environment |
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Chandigarh, 4 September 2010:- Tree Plantation cum Environment Awareness campaign was launched by Citizens Awareness Group in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Forest UT at Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-26, Chandigarh today. Sh. Surinder Verma, Chairman of Citizens Awareness Group said that this programme was organized keeping with CAGs commitment to promote the spirit of environment conservation and its protection among the youth and promised to carry forward this campaign in slum as well as rural areas of the city. Sh. D.P. Sharma, Principal of the school said it is our primary responsibility to give proper water and nutrition to ensure that the saplings grow into trees. The involvement of NSS volunteers would make the youth and masses aware of the effects of climate change. He said, we should plant at least one herbal plant in our homes.The participants pledged to look after the plants. About 100 saplings of medicinal and herbal plants were planted as these are curative and preventive both from cough, fever, diabeties, hypertension, anaemia, cancer, arthritis and even having anti snake venom property. Smt. Renu Vashishat proposed vote of thanks and assured that these saplings would be fully protected. |
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