Mangalore, Feb 23: Dr. Kadri Gopalnath, veteran saxophone artiste, A B Subbaiah, renowned hockey player from Coorg and Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambhara, litterateur, were conferred with honorary doctorates at the 31st Convocation of Mangalore University on Saturday by H R Bharadwaj, Governor of Karnataka and the Chancellor of Mangalore University.
Delivering the Convocation Address on the theme 'Education: For India of the Future', Dr. T Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, said that the present generation is the “next best generation of India” as most of them have been born after the economic liberalization was set in motion in 1991.
Although the Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education is increasing in India, it is still lower than the global averages, Mr. Ramasami said. “Today, the total number of Indians enrolled into tertiary education estimated at 240 million has surpassed the size of tertiary education in the United States. Gross Enrolment Ratio in India in higher education is estimated at about 19%. It has more than doubled during the last ten years but is still lower than the global averages. It is expected that the ratio would reach global levels within the next seven years”, he said.
Mr. Ramasami called upon all educators and policy bodies to design educational systems based on “hands on” approaches in a “minds on” society. Financial rewards for teaching at primary level is low, Mr. Ramasami said and opined that there is a need to build social esteem for primary school teachers in a materialistic world.
84 Doctor of Philosophy degrees (Arts – 15, Science – 59, Commerce – 8, Education – 2) and 7 Master of Philosophy degrees (Science – 6, Commerce – 1), 36 gold medals and 55 cash prizes, 60 ranks (PG- 44, UG- 16, Arts – 12, Science and Technology – 30, Commerce – 10, Law – 1, Education – 4 and PG Diploma -3) were conferred on the occasion. Graduates who passed their examinations successfully were awarded with their degrees.
Out of 30,384 candidates who appeared for the examinations, 18,969 (62.43%) passed. In PG courses, out of 3,815 candidates appeared out of which 3,391 (88.88%) passed. In the UG section, 26,455 students appeared out of which 15,469 (58.47%) passed. Out of 23 PG Diploma candidates, 18 (78.26%) of them have passed.
Prof. T C Shivashankara Murthy, Vice Chancellor, Mangalore University, welcomed and presented the annual report of the University.
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