Why include village development programmes when the students and teachers complain about the already existing academic burden?
I feel that no syllabus is good enough if there is no scope in it to inculcate the right values in students. We all agree that the root cause of most of the evils plaguing our country is the lack of values. We complain about the ‘big bad world outside’ and refuse to accept that we have created it. The ultimate aim of education should be to bring up happy, successful and compassionate individuals who have a lot of care and concern for the entire world. Today’s average urban child is cut off from the realities of the life and is ignorant of his/her social responsibilities. Through our village development programmes, we try to sensetize our students to the realities of life. Our senior students go to the village from time to time and do ‘shramdan’. The presence of the slum children in our campus helps them to look at life from close quarters and understand the sufferings of fellow human beings. How has your family supported you? There won’t be any Vijayam minus family I belong to. I consi
