Pune, January 11, 2018: “IITs and top educational institutions are without proper leadership. Altogether, 15 out of 18 IITs are without a Director, and four out of 20 IIMs are without a full-time Director,” said Prof. G. Raghuram, Director, IIM Bangalore.
He was speaking at the 3rd session of the 2nd National Teachers’ Congress being held here. National Teachers’ Congress (NTC) is organized by MIT World Peace University and MIT School of Government. The three-day event is being supported by the Government of Maharashtra, Association of Indian Universities, Bhartiya Chhatra Sansad, Union Ministry of HRD with All India Council for Technical Education, UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, among others.
Present on the occasion were Dr. Pandit Vidyasagar, Vice Chancellor of Swami Ramanand Teertha Marathwada University, Nanded, Dr. A K Sen Gupta, Founder & Convener, Higher Education Forum, Dr. Ashok Joshi, well known scientist from USA, Dr. Nandkumar Nikam, Vice President of Maharashtra Principal Federation, Dr. Jagannath Patil, Advisor of National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore, Prof. Dr.Vishwanath D. Karad, Founder President of MIT World Peace University, Prof. Rahul V. Karad, Executive President of MIT World Peace University, Dr. Manas Behera and Manisha Gowaikar, Prof. Dr.Sayalee Gankar, Dean, Faculty of Management of MITWPU, among others.
Addressing a large gathering of teachers, Prof. Raghuram said, “Regulation and bureaucratic control should be reduced from the education system. Low investment is the prime reason of poor quality of education and sadly today corruption has become a major problem. The society has to uproot this from the system. Gross Enrollment Ratio of the country increases day by day but does not match the global ratio for developing countries,” he added.
He also advised the government to focus on teachers’ salaries.
Addressing the congregation Jagannath Patil said, “The quality of patents, research papers, innovation, PhD scholars is decreasing day by day and in such a scenario how one can think of raising the GDP of the country? Whatever the cost of our libraries, it is any day lesser than paying the price of being an ignorant nation”. Talking about strengthening the education system, he said that children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
Dr. A K Sen Gupta said, “Teachers should look beyond the four walls of the classroom. Research-based education is more important than books and syllabus. Give space to social service in your teaching because it only helps to create a bright future. This society wants committed teachers by choice and not by force.”
Dr. Pandit Vidyasagar referred our ancient education system where all human beings were equal and there was no discrimination. “But nowadays this gap is increasing and we need to reduce it”. He recalled Martin Luther King and said, “Intelligence plus character is the goal of true education”.
Thousands of teacher delegates from different parts of the country participated in the 2nd National Teachers’ Congress, which aims to ‘discuss and create an environment of reaching out where it moves from teaching to mentoring’.
Pune, January 11, 2018: “IITs and top educational institutions are without proper leadership. Altogether, 15 out of 18 IITs are without a Director, and four out of 20 IIMs are without a full-time Director,” said Prof. G. Raghuram, Director, IIM Bangalore.
He was speaking at the 3rd session of the 2nd National Teachers’ Congress being held here. National Teachers’ Congress (NTC) is organized by MIT World Peace University and MIT School of Government. The three-day event is being supported by the Government of Maharashtra, Association of Indian Universities, Bhartiya Chhatra Sansad, Union Ministry of HRD with All India Council for Technical Education, UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, among others.
Present on the occasion were Dr. Pandit Vidyasagar, Vice Chancellor of Swami Ramanand Teertha Marathwada University, Nanded, Dr. A K Sen Gupta, Founder & Convener, Higher Education Forum, Dr. Ashok Joshi, well known scientist from USA, Dr. Nandkumar Nikam, Vice President of Maharashtra Principal Federation, Dr. Jagannath Patil, Advisor of National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore, Prof. Dr.Vishwanath D. Karad, Founder President of MIT World Peace University, Prof. Rahul V. Karad, Executive President of MIT World Peace University, Dr. Manas Behera and Manisha Gowaikar, Prof. Dr.Sayalee Gankar, Dean, Faculty of Management of MITWPU, among others.
Addressing a large gathering of teachers, Prof. Raghuram said, “Regulation and bureaucratic control should be reduced from the education system. Low investment is the prime reason of poor quality of education and sadly today corruption has become a major problem. The society has to uproot this from the system. Gross Enrollment Ratio of the country increases day by day but does not match the global ratio for developing countries,” he added.
He also advised the government to focus on teachers’ salaries.
Addressing the congregation Jagannath Patil said, “The quality of patents, research papers, innovation, PhD scholars is decreasing day by day and in such a scenario how one can think of raising the GDP of the country? Whatever the cost of our libraries, it is any day lesser than paying the price of being an ignorant nation”. Talking about strengthening the education system, he said that children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
Dr. A K Sen Gupta said, “Teachers should look beyond the four walls of the classroom. Research-based education is more important than books and syllabus. Give space to social service in your teaching because it only helps to create a bright future. This society wants committed teachers by choice and not by force.”
Dr. Pandit Vidyasagar referred our ancient education system where all human beings were equal and there was no discrimination. “But nowadays this gap is increasing and we need to reduce it”. He recalled Martin Luther King and said, “Intelligence plus character is the goal of true education”.
Thousands of teacher delegates from different parts of the country participated in the 2nd National Teachers’ Congress, which aims to ‘discuss and create an environment of reaching out where it moves from teaching to mentoring’.