Mangalore: Give Emphasis on Quality Education: Minister Ramanat Rai

By Robert D Costa
Pics by John V Tauro
Bellevision Media Network

Mangalore, 8 Jun 2013: The newly-built office of Government Teachers Training College and new auditorium was inaugurated near Town Hall, here on Saturday June 8 morning.

 

The state minister for forests, environment and Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister Ramanath Rai inaugurated the newly-built office of Government Teachers Training Institute. Mangalore south MLA J R Lobo inaugurated the new auditorium at the occasion.

 

Speaking on the occasion, the minister Rai said that provision of social security and creation of a harassment-free society is possible only through quality education. Citing the example of Russia, he said that the first thing the new government did after rooting out the Czar rule post-revolution was to impart quality education for all which helped a country stricken by poverty during Revolution days get transformed into a super power later. The union government has been laying due emphasis on education and schemes such as Literacy Mission and Sarva Shikshana Abhiyan have been successes, said minister Rai.

 

Rama Rao H S, director of DSERT, Bangalore, echoed the minister’s remarks about the government working in the direction of enhancing education standards not just at primary level but at teachers’ level too. Newer subjects and areas of study have been implemented in B Ed and D Ed courses, said Rama Rao.

He stressed that a number of changes have taken place in teacher training programmes. The union government is implementing Revised Teacher Education Plan and sanctioned Rs 56 crore for the purpose in 2012. This time, the government is expected to sanction Rs 200 crore for teachers’ education, said Rao.

MLA J R Lobo in his presidential address urged the teachers in the making to have a student-friendly approach and not create robots out of students, burdening them with too acute academic activity, said MLA Lobo.

He further said that too much emphasis is being given to computer education and the like in schools while areas such as horticulture, agriculture, veterinary disciplines etc are not being incorporated in studies.  As a result,   the students coming from rural areas are not getting a chance to excel in what they are good at. It is this pro-urban approach in education that is resulting in widespread migration of people from rural areas to cities and continual underdevelopment of rural areas, said MLA Lobo.

District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) principal Philomena Lobo, corporator and lawyer Vinay Raj and others were present at the dais. Manjula Shetty compered the programme.