Writer Baragur Ramachandrappa has urged the State government to include education under the guarantee schemes and implement ‘uniform education’ at least at the primary school level.
He was speaking at the ‘Dharege Doddavaru’ programme organised by the Karnatak Vidyavardhak Sangha to mark the golden jubilee of renaming the State as Karnataka, in Dharwad on Saturday.
Prof. Ramachandrappa said that implementing uniform education would mean respecting democracy. He said that there were several examples of government schools being improved and the government should interact with such teachers and get advice from them.
“There is no uniform school education policy in the country. Removing inequalities among anganwadis, nursery schools, government schools, private schools, English medium and Kannada medium should be the basic policy of education. However none of the governments are seriously looking into it,” he said.
Prof. Ramachandrappa said that too much interference of technology in classrooms would spoil the teacher-student relation. “Classroom is a democratic space. There should be a good rapport between teachers and students. However technology is making us forget philosophy. Technology use should be limited to the minimum,” he said.
Expressing concern over a lack of interest in humanities in colleges, he said that as per a survey carried out a decade ago, only 5% of students were studying humanities.
“I personally believe that without a basic knowledge of literature, history, sociology, and political science, it is difficult become a good engineer, doctor or a technician. Cultural interests groom us as human beings,” he said.
Vice-president of the sangha Malati Pattanashetti, general secretary Shankar Halagatti, and other office-bearers were present.
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