In a rapid-fire interview, HR Minister Kapil Sibal tells Shree Lahiri right to education is about implementing viable, long-term plans
In a rapid-fire interview, HR Minister Kapil Sibal tells Shree Lahiri right to education is about implementing viable, long-term plansRight to Education (RTE) is a crucial right in our country. Comment.
The greatest benefit of education lies in not what you have learnt, but in working out how to learn. Formal education is the beginning of the journey of learning.
If no infrastructure is in place in the country, then how will our children go to school? To ensure RTE, several things have to be done. The framework has to be made now. The media has a critical role to play and is an important stakeholder in this.
How do you plan to implement RTE?We have a Vision 2020; it's not Twenty20 cricket for us. Today there are 14 million (1.4 crore) students getting educated. This figure is estimated to go up to 42 million (4.2 crore), which means the number will go up three times. Where are the schools, colleges, the universities they will go to?u00a0
I have to prepare the ground. We have to open up the education sector, allow education centres to mushroom, make sure girls, scheduled tribes, minorities are educated. We have to put systems in place to build excellence in education.
You published a book of poems 'I Witness' in 2008. What was your inspiration?
It's a commentary on India. It's India's vision, it's India's nuclear deal. It's what I see around me.
