High Tech Education for masses

Within the next two years around 700 universities and 26,000 colleges in the country will be connected with the Internet. This is to improve the higher education scenario in the country, said Union human resource development and information technology minster Kapil Sibal.

Inaugurating the first Parliament of Indian Student Council leaders at MAEER’s MIT School of Government, Mumbai, Sibal said, “The country has 22 crore student population, of which only 1.4 crore goes to colleges. To improve the situation and to bring the youths in the higher education, we need to take steps.” “Until our youths reach the colleges we cannot achieve the dream making India a super power. Villages will also be connected with fibre optic cables so that various courses can be taken sitting at home,” he said.

According to him the Centre has implemented the right of the children for free and compulsory education to ensure that the future generation of the country is educated. Various other bills related to education would be passed in Parliament to bring a change in the education scenario in the country.

According to him genuine knowledge is imparted and research is done in Indian universities, but unfortunately a large chunk of students doesn’t reach to that level. "There is a need for research, new inventions so that industries are benefited, which in turn would benefit society at large,” he endorsed.

He appealed to the youth to join politics. He said, “Corruption is a social problem and we need to change people’s mindset. Before joining politics, the youths must understand the Constitution of India. So, the freedom to move from one place to another, occupy any profession will be known to them.”