Session on relevance of gurukul system in present times

Chandigarh, August 7

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“The world has started shifting to the gurukul system of education. Now, the choice for India is whether it wants to be the leader in the mission or a follower,” said Mukul Kanitkar, national organising secretary of the Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal (BSM).

He was speaking at a special session organised by the Panchnad Research Institute and Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at PGI in Chandigarh on Monday at the National Institute of Nursing Education auditorium.

The topic of the session was “the relevance of gurukul system in the present times”.

Prof BK Kuthiala, Director, Panchnad Research Institute, said: “It is an established fact that the education system in the ancient India was the best in the world. It is vital that the elements that made it the best must be identified.”

“Those elements should be incorporated into today’s education system for the betterment of the nation and the world,” said Prof Kuthiala.

In his address, Mukul Kanitkar said the present education system – despite being good enough – needed to be changed. Our system must focus on “man-making for nation-building”.

“For this, the gurukuls that are currently running have to be adapted to the current scenario. Secondly, education in other institutions has to adopt the gurukul method of teaching,” said Kanitkar. — TNS