Science should help make human lives better, former president A P J Abdul Kalam said in Madhya Pradesh state capital on Sunday, adding that moral science should also be part of the school curriculum. Addressing the concluding function of the Bharatiya Vigyan Sammelan, Kalam said that science should be used to meet the challenges of life. These, he said, include doubling the agriculture production, expansion of communication facilities, rural development, generating more job opportunities and reducing the gap between the urban and rural India. Earlier, Kalam tipped school students on how to achieve success in life and merit in education and also exhorted teachers to impart them education with human values. "Subjects like moral science be taught in schools at least once in a week to inculcate values of love and compassion among students," Kalam emphasized while interacting with students and teachers at the Science Expo organised on the occasion.
Before the start of the question forum, Kalam continued with his precious advices to the children for half an hour and urged them to follow the advice Mahatma Gandhi's mother had given him when he was nine. She had, according to Kalam, told Gandhiji, "God will bless you if you serve human beings for all your life." The education system, he said, should be such that it instils in the minds of students the capacities of inquiry, creativity, technology, entrepreneurship and moral leadership and asked students to make their first contribution towards development of the nation by excelling in studies.
Kalam also told them that knowledge is the amalgam of creativity, righteousness and courage. "When you are equipped with knowledge, you can solve any problem with confidence." Talking about creativity, the former president said it means the urge to learn which leads to creation of thought that ultimately leads to knowledge. "When joined together, all these things make you great." The former president also talked about his vision to make India a developed country by 2020. "In the India of my imagination, there would be no chasm between village and city, adequate drinking water would be available, agriculture would be developed, values of life would not be defied and the government would be transparent and free of corruption."
Stressing that the top priority in the country should be given to agriculture, education, spread of information and technology and women's education, he said, "This India would be the most ideal place on the earth to live." (IANS)
Source:- India Education News