Bhopal: Dean of VPM’s Academy of International Education and Research at Thane in Maharashtra professor Sudhakar Agarkara was in the city as the main speaker at on day one of international conference on Emerging Trends and Innovations in School Sciences, at Regional Institute of education, Bhopal.
About the condition of education system in India, the professor said, “We are still following the education system made by Macaulay which should be changed. The most important thing which we have to tell our people that India has always been knowledge society.
He said, “There are lot of changes came in education system. But the main problem is that we still don’t give prestige and respect of teaching profession. The salary of teachers in private institution is very low,” adding that “providing education is the job of government. They should focus on it honestly.”
“The big challenge which we see in education is lack of money, prestige and opportunities for change of idea. The infrastructure of the educational system should be good first. We organised a training course for teachers in MP as we believe the prestige and respect of the teachers should be restored,” the dean said.
Besides, over 36 research papers were presented in six technical sessions on day one. Co-chairpersons of US and Bangladesh also expressed their views as main speakers. A Hindi play ‘Totto-Chan’ was staged in the evening. Directed by Saurabh Anant, the play was presented by students of the Regional Institute of education, Bhopal.
‘I am not an expert, I withdraw myself’
Professor Sudhakar Agarkara delivered a talk on Challenges of Science education in Contemporary World, here. After his speech, a question and answer round was also held in which some interesting questions were asked. One of the questions was, Is there any scientific proofs of how Abhimanyu, a character of the epic Mahabharata who broke ‘Chakravyuh,’ made by Guru dronacharya? Is any research going on it? to which Agarkara responded “I am not expert in the subject. So, I withdraw myself.” Scientific achievements of ancient
India being hailed due to BJP govt
The scientific achievements of ancient India are being eulogised because of the atmosphere created by the ruling BJP, said professor Sudhakar Agarkara. He told Free Press, that India may have made progress in science in the Vedic age, but there is no evidence to claim that.
He made the above remark when asked about the controversy at the 106th Indian Science Congress at Phagwara in Jallanadhar, Punjab. He further said, “I don’t think that the theories of Albert Einstein, Newton and Darwin are wrong. See, whenever we do scientific questions, it needs proofs. Unless we have proof, we shouldn’t say anything especially on such a big platform like India Science Congress.”
