Bhagwat was speaking at the inauguration of Samrat Vikramaditya Bhavan, the regional office of RSS’s education wing Vidya Bharati in Madhya Pradesh, which will also serve as a teachers’ training and research centre.
The RSS chief said that education and health are now part of the basic necessities along with food, clothing and house, people ensure good education for their children, even starving themselves and living in rented accommodation . He said that Western business-oriented ideas about education are prevalent these days, and he considers the Indian education system to be worth “US$3 trillion”. They believe this is a profitable sector and profit can be made by increasing supply, Bhagwat said. However, Vidya Bharati, which runs a vast network of schools in the country, does not talk about profit and works to educate every Indian, he said.
Emphasizing on the right use of education, Bhagwat referred to the Hindu epic Ramayana and said that the demon king Ravana was a scholar and possessed immense wealth, but it is Lord Sri Rama who is worshiped today and taught morality, truthfulness. and is considered a symbol of social behavior. Bhagwat said that a child gets true knowledge only when he is taught by teachers like his son/daughter. He said that it is ironic that sometimes the importance of education in mother tongue is explained in English also.
The RSS chief expressed hope that Samrat Vikramaditya Bhavan would emerge as a center of social development and expressed confidence that Vidya Bharati would venture into higher education in the future. Vidya Bharati national head D Ramakrishna Rao said the new facility would help in implementing the new education policy of the center and in all round development of the children.
The sprawling building, spread over 20,000 square feet, can accommodate 2,000 teachers and is equipped with smart classrooms, a library, laboratories, an auditorium with a seating capacity of 400 people, meeting rooms, an open air theater and a temple, among other facilities Is. This information was given by Prakash Dhangar, Malwa Province Secretary of Saraswati Vidya Pratishthan. He said that 20,000 teachers would be given training every year in the newly established centre. He said that he would also do research on the challenges faced during teaching. Earlier in the day, Bhagwat unveiled a portrait of Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur at the local Sangh office.
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