Mangalore, Nov 30: The government is keen on providing as much resources as possible to the teaching faculty in the country. The state is committed to fund education, said Union Minister for Transport, Roads and Highways Oscar Fernandes.
Delivering the inaugural address in the 27th Statutory Conference of All India Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisations (AIFUCTO) at Loyola Hall, St Aloysius College here on Saturday, he said that the challenge was to provide education to every child in the country. “We want the gross enrollment ratio to increase upto 30 per cent by the year 2020. If we empower the people here through education, we will continue to be an intellectual power. And to motivate students to opt for research will be a challenging task for us,” he said.
He said that teaching was recognised as one of the top professions in the world today. Teachers take the leadership role for individuals in the society. The teaching in our country in the olden days and in the future will have a distinct change, because the students today are a different lot. There is recognition worldwide that the most talented students are from our country.
Speaking on the occasion, Mangalore South MLA J R Lobo said that the institutions of higher learning, universities, teachers and professors had to be a guiding force to youngsters and acknowledge their ability to manifest themselves. “Teachers have a greater goal towards guiding the youth towards higher learning. However, none of the universities are providing the required environment and field to manifest themselves and we are lacking somewhere. We need to introspect and think how the centres of higher learning can be raised to world-level standards,” he said.
MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik spoke on the need to sensitise students towards societal needs, and transforming youth into enlightened human resources.
In his presidential speech, Vice Chancellor of Mangalore University Prof T C Shivashankara Murthy laid stress on increasing the gross enrollment ratio of students in higher educational institutions in the country, especially in rural areas.
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