Passage 27

In English

Uniqueness of Institute

This University has been fostered and developed by a succession of Vice-Chancellors in different ways. Our University does not collect fees of any kind from the students. You are aware about the agitation of the students in and against the raising of fees. The colleges had to be closed on account of the agitation. The present scenario in the educational field is like this' the teachers agitate for higher emoluments; the students demand a reduction in college fees. How is it possible to meet both the demands? There has to be a balancing of the teachers' claims and the demands of the students. In our University we have got over this problem by taking no fees from the students. Elsewhere heavy donations are demanded even for admission to the K.G. Class. Here everyone is admitted free, without regard to creed or nationality. No fees of any kind are collected from the students. The Trust is managing the Institutions with due regard to these factors. Unlike students in other Institutions, our students are extremely well behaved and there, is no danger of any kind of indiscipline. Students who are so well looked after here should conduct themselves well when they go out into the world' so that they bring a good name to the Institute. They will be guilty of treachery to the Divine if they appear to behave well when they are here and misbehave when they are outside. Apart from betrayal of God and their teachers, they will be guilty of betraying their own selves if they do so. Do not be guilty of this self-destructive crime. Instead, you must proceed from self-confidence to Self-realisation. 's only desire is that students should be taught on proper lines so that they may lead ideal lives.