Passage 5

In English

Youth must be full of yearning to know

The system of education prevalent in India is antagonistic to the progress of the people. It appears to be a system which teaches students to live without dirtying their hands with the soil. The process ignores the human traits of man. It is not right to do so. Education must aim at enlarging the heart and awakening the latent intelligence and skills of man, and inspiring him to calmly welcome physical labour and exhausting work. How can education shine in man if he does not attain these fruits? once said, "Knowledge without character is a powerful evil." Today, there is knowledge but character is seldom seen with it. Practice promotes . Experience is the . But he is not visible at all. Teaching ends with the school, but learning ends only when life ends. does not mean mere attendance at school or college, mere study of some books, or mere mastery of a few subjects.