Youth in Nation Building The Way Forward

By Colonel Dr. VRK Prasad (Retd.)

Having been associated with two noble professions of soldiering and teaching for over half a century ,service to society particularly to the growing youth of the country has become a passion for me in the twilight years of my life. Pretty long association with higher education made me realise that it is the basic school education that too specially in the last couple of years that needs to be addressed more seriously to derive the true benefit of the higher education in colleges and universities. Present education system is wholly focused on earning money and livelihood or making a career. Though it does sound reasonable from practical point of view, but what is a human being without imbibing the attributes of good character? an aspect on which not much emphasis is being laid. Are we turning out good human beings at the end of 12 year stay in the school or simply “marks scoring machines”? Further questions like, why a certain section of the present day youth are the way they are? deviating from the path of virtue.

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