‘Every educated person should take pledge to educate poor person’

India can become first Vishwa Guru in medical education – Dr Mishra

Indore(Team Newsbuddy). Famous educationist Dr Ved Prakash Mishra has said that if every educated citizen takes a pledge to educate a poor person, then the scenario of education in the country can change. The medical education of our country is so good that it can get us the status of Vishwa Guru first.

Dr Mishra was addressing the 64th summer lecture series of Abhyas Mandal in Jal Auditorium here . His topic was commercialization of education and current challenges. He said that when the constitution was being made after the independence of the country on 15 August 1947, the first question was that for whom should education be? At that time the makers of our constitution decided that this education should be for everyone. This education should be given without any discrimination like caste, color, sex, religion, money. Provision for this was made in Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution.

The purpose of this education will not be only livelihood. Commercialization of education in our country has not happened by chance. When a space was left vacant, that space was filled by commercialization. When the country became independent, the literacy rate in our country was 2%. At that time, 17 medical colleges were running in our country. There were 960 seats in these colleges and the population of the country was 30 crores. From this, you can guess that at that time 1.02% of the population in our country had higher education.
He said that the first education commission was formed in the country in the year 1952. Its chairman was Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. The recommendation made by this commission said that 6% of the country’s total GDP should be spent on education and 6% on health. From that time till today, 6% amount has never been given to education in the budget. In the history till now, a maximum of 2.93% amount has been allocated for education.
He said that it is an unfortunate situation in our country that talent is not able to study due to lack of fees. Today there are 810 medical colleges in the country, out of which 571 have been opened after 1991. Out of these, 412 are private medical colleges. There are 1146 universities in the country, out of which 85% are private universities. The private sector never comes into the field of education for charity but for profit.

He said that private colleges used to run on grants earlier. Then they started running without grants and today they are running to earn money. Challenges neither come from the sky nor emerge from the earth, they are created through the system.

Dr Mishra said that the work of character and personality building should have been done through education. This education got divided into two categories as education of the common man and education of a class. Today in our country only 28.5% people are able to acquire higher education. The government has set a target that by 2035 we will make higher education available to 50% of the people. It is clear from this figure that 72% of the people are deprived of higher education. They are deprived of the opportunities provided through education. In other countries of the world, 66% of the population has higher education. Former President Abdul Kalam Azad had said that the 21st century belongs to India. We will convert the dreams of our citizens into skills and make them resource-rich.

At present, the real strength of our country is the 64% population whose age is below 35 years. Our country’s constitution guarantees education but does not guarantee quality education. In the year 1994, the work of giving preference to schools was started by NAAC. 9.6% of the schools in the country are accredited and out of this, 0.68 percent schools have A grade. In our country, 12% of the children leave school before going to study in the fourth class. This situation is not worrisome but a matter of contemplation.

He said that if the scenario of education in the country is to be changed, then every educated citizen should take the responsibility of educating a poor child. If education is not available to anyone in the country, then no one is able to bear the burden of its expenses.
Dr Mishra said that we had developed a system of medical treatment and presented it in the country in the year 2015, which has received global recognition in 2023. Now medical education has become a field in which India can become the first world leader.
Presiding over this program, educationist Shankar Lal Garg said that homes are lit not only with the lamp but also with education. Earlier, children were admitted to such schools where they were beaten more. Today, children are admitted to such schools where their father’s pockets are picked more. At the beginning of the program, the guests were welcomed by Shafi Sheikh, Purushottam Waghmare, Aditya Singh, Mirza Habib Beg, Nayani Shukla and Mayank Sharma. The program was conducted by Kunal Bhanwar. Dr. Bharat Chhaparwal and Radheshyam Sharma presented souvenirs to the guests. In the end, State Press Club President Praveen Khariwal expressed his gratitude. The speaker for May 15 was Dr. Sanjay Patanjoshi, Director General of Police, Kerala, Mukesh Tiwari, Suresh Mishra, Deepti Gaur etc. were present.