In English
Students are woefully deficient in general knowledge
People who are completely ignorant have no doubts or misgivings; those who are fully wise, too, have no doubts or misgivings. It is the half-baked variety of scholars and students that fall into the traps laid by the prejudiced and perverted. We hope that your contact with the ripe mind, the intelligent learning and the experience-filled hearts of those who come to speak to you during the course of this Camp will strengthen your resolve and enthuse you to foster and support the principles underlying Indian Culture. Education should not aim at merely making students get acquainted with a pile of books. It should insist on their assimilating the essence of the teaching which they elaborate. Now, students direct all their efforts towards acquiring more and more knowledge of just one specialised branch of learning. So, they are woefully deficient in general knowledge, and are unable to adjust their behaviour or conduct, and survive the vagaries of fortune. Minister referred to the relationship between Science and Religion. Of course, science has to develop more and more, for, science makes life more comfortable. It has given man many items that make living faster, more entertaining, and more standardised. But the trouble is that while Science and Technology have advanced by leaps and bounds, man has not learnt the art of using them in the right manner. He has allowed Science and Technology full licence to cater to his sensual desires and thereby demeaned his stature and status.