Appealing to teachers to focus on imparting education in their mother tongue, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday urged schools across the country to foster curiosity, innovation and the spirit of excellence among students. The challenges and opportunities are immense in a rapidly changing world driven by technology and in this context the best skill school can provide to a student is the adaptability, he said.
Inaugurating the Vellore International School (VIS) established at Kayar near Kelambakkam, the Vice President said, “To enable students to think quickly on their feet, be agile and use cutting edge technologies to solve the problems of the 21st century. Must be trained.” Here, by Vellore Institute technology (VIT).
Appreciating the management of VIT Group of Institutions for the significant milestone in their educational journey, he said that VIT Group is continuously striving to strengthen higher education in the private sector and “I am sure this institution will be able to achieve their cap. I will have another wing.” Educational strategy should be aligned with the futuristic approach and away from rote learning. Simultaneously, artificial separation between curricular and extra-curricular activities should be removed and students should be encouraged to multi-disciplinary, he suggested.
“It is my fervent appeal to schools across the country to foster curiosity, innovation and the spirit of excellence in students,” Naidu said. The Vice President said that he was informed that VIS is trying to introduce the concept of home parenting to integrate the positive aspects of the Guru-Shishya tradition with modern educational practices. Urging the teachers to pay attention to the use of mother tongue, he said that at least up to the primary level, the medium of instruction in government and private schools should be in mother tongue.
“We should encourage students to speak freely in their mother tongue in their social environment in the school premises, at all cultural events and at their homes. When we can speak our mother tongue freely and proudly, only then can we truly appreciate our cultural heritage,” he said.
Reiterating that focusing on our mother tongue does not mean suggesting not to learn other languages like English, Naidu said that he often used to say that as many languages as possible should be learned. There is a need for a strong foundation of mother tongue. Proficiency in other languages, apart from their mother tongue, helps in building cultural bridges and opens windows to new worlds of experience, the VP said.
Schools must focus on value-based, holistic education that brings out the greatest potential and highest qualities from each student. Stating that education without values is no education at all, Naidu said that educational institutions should try to provide necessary facilities and encourage students to take up regular physical activity.
“VIS is the result of 6 years of detailed brainstorming and meticulous planning. We envision the school to foster creativity and foster the spirit of innovation in young minds,” said GV Selvam, President and Vice President, VIT. Selvam Said that though 20 acres of land is required for setting up the medical college, but this school has been built on 35 acres of land and has been designed with ample open space, bright sunlight and peaceful ambiance.
Pointing out that the Russo-Ukraine war focused on Indian students pursuing medical courses abroad, VIT founder-Chancellor G Viswanathan called on the central government to increase the number of students in Indian medical colleges across the country and help millions of students. Helped to realize them. dreams of becoming a doctor. He said that not only Ukraine, our students go to UK, China and other countries to study medicine.
“Therefore, the government should address this problem by increasing the number of students in medical colleges by considering introducing shift system of education. This should be done as a priority as we need to address the serious issue of shortage of doctors in India. Viswanathan said. Tamil Nadu MSME Minister TM Anbarasan read out Chief Minister MK Stalin’s message congratulating VIT on starting Vellore International School. VIT Vice President Shekhar Viswanathan also spoke.
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