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Look into the lacunae in education system: Minister

New facility: Minister for Higher Education D.H. Shankaramurthy takes a look at the official website of Karnatak University after inaugurating the Central Computing Facility of the university in Dharwad on Friday. Chief Secretary P.B. Mahishi, Registrar Vinay Luthra, Vice-Chancellor S.K. Saidapur and others are seen.

DHARWAD: Minister for Higher Education D.H. Shankaramurthy has called upon scholars and educationists to introspect over the lacunae in the education system which, he said, may be responsible for educated youth indulging in anti-social activities.

He was addressing a programme after inaugurating the Centralised Computing System of Karnatak University and the Computer Laboratory of the Computer Science Department here on Friday. He also released a book on “Research and Development Guidelines.”

The Minister urged academics to point out the root cause for the problem. Referring to a survey, which was mentioned in the Legislative Council, Mr. Shankaramurthy said 23 per cent youth had become drug addicts in one way or the other.

“Whether we have erred in giving moral education to them or failed in making them shoulder the social responsibility or whether we have failed in making them brave. Although education is said to be the solution for all our problems, still some educated youths are becoming terrorists. These issues should be looked into,” he said.

Mr. Shankaramurthy said education should be made accessible to all. Universities should take the lead in imparting education and disseminating information, he said.

The Minister referred to how computers, which were earlier believed to be a threat to employment of crores of people, had now taken the country to the path of progress and opined that one should be ready to change for a better future.

Releasing a book on “Delegation of Administrative and Financial Powers,” Chief Secretary to the State Government P.B. Mahishi opined that delegation of powers led to fixing responsibilities and consequently resulted in better discharging of duties by officials. He said delegation of powers to the lowest level would result in better functioning. He asked the university authorities to conduct “Open Day” to enable the students of rural areas to have a look at the university and its functioning, especially the computer science related sections so that they are exposed to the world of computers.

Mr. Mahishi said that computerisation in the country started a decade late owing to opposition from employees of banks and LIC. Now, the State Government had embarked on an ambitious project of helping the ITI holders in acquiring computer skills, he said.

S.K. Saidapur, Vice-Chancellor, presided over the function. Vinay Luthra, Registrar, said that the university had procured 200 computers to be installed at various departments. He said the central computing facility would enable the research students to access e-journals and also browse the Internet at a very nominal price.

H.M. Maheshwaraiah, Director, Students’ Welfare; H.B. Walikar, Chairman, Computer Science Department; J.S. Bhat, S.T. Bagalkoti and others were present.

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