The purpose of education is not only to impart knowledge but also to make children ‘Vishwamanavas’, said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister was speaking after inaugurating Teachers’ Day celebrations organised jointly by the Department of School Education and Literacy and the Department of Higher Education at the Banquet Hall, Vidhana Soudha as part of Bharat Ratna Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan’s birth anniversary and presented awards to 43 teachers.
He said that farmers, soldiers, and teachers are the pillars of an ideal society adding that they are the ones who shape the future of the society and the country.
“If students do not develop scientific spirit and rationality and are full of superstition in their minds, they cannot be called well-educated only because they have degrees and doctorates. What is the need for such education if the degree holders become casteists,” the CM added.
