All-round Development

Let's hope and pray that the wish of the prime minister gets reflected in schools and colleges. But we need teachers who subscribe to this view and are trained themselves. We need a nation wide movement towards this.

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‘Educators should focus on child’s overall growth’

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has urged those associated with school education to pay special attention to modernising syllabi and foster overall development of children.
“We must pay attention to children’s health, to physical education and community and national service. School education must focus on the all-round development of a child’s personality. I would like to see a sharp increase in the enrollment of the girl child in schools. Every girl child should have the opportunity to fulfil her potential and become equal citizens of our great Republic,” Singh said, speaking at the concluding ceremony of the yearlong 150th anniversary celebrations of St Xavier’s Collegiate School in Kolkata on Saturday.