In English
Education must promote peace and happiness
Educationists must concentrate on methods by which unity will be imparted and distinctions relegated to a subordinate role. But, unfortunately at the present time, in the name of individuality and the sheer fancy for distinctness, every encouragement is given to idiosyncracy and adventurism, foppishness and flippancy. Parents and elders have to hang down their heads in shame at the vagaries of their children. Education must promote, peace, security and happiness. But, as a result of the educational process through which they have passed, youth is :causing anxiety, fear and unrest in the society of which they are a part. Neither have they any peace or. joy or security. The brothers sought for power, fame, selfish gain and competitive victory. They loved separatist divisive policies. Their thirst for power could be quenched, as said, only by a rain of arrows which wiped them off the face of the earth. In order to remove the terror that stalks the land from end to end, an immediate reform of the educational system is called for. Roots hold the tree firm; the foundation keeps the building from collapsing. Awareness of one's responsibilities, detachment from entangling bonds, confidence in one's own sense of righteousness - these have to be fostered in colleges. Integrity, sincerity, and the desire to use one's skills and intelligence, for the service of one's fellowmen are essential in youth. At present, educated people are wanting in the grit necessary to act according to their convictions; they know a thing is right but lack the will to carry it through. Teach the students to discriminate in a detached manner and arrive at right conclusions, and encourage them to put their faith into practice fearlessly. Now that the cultivation of the spirit is in the name of secularism, beyond the ken of the system, teachers who are themselves unaware of higher values are leading youth into less and less firm grounds, into fear and fickleness. How can such people, who have no inner strength, no vital faith in themselves, lead others? What can the country expect from this method of bringing up the young, this foolish and futile round, where the blind lead those unwilling to open their eyes in series of fallow circles?