Education in Indian culture is no saffronisation: K'taka Guv

The governor commended the contributions of Vivekananda College which has provided education to more than 30,000 students so far

Education in Indian culture and tradition was aimed at its refinement and it would be wrong to term it as ‘saffronisation’, state Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala said. “Some people deem education in Indian culture and refinement as saffronisation. Irrespective of these objections, we should ensure that important aspects of our culture and refinement are included in education,” Vala said.

Inaugurating the centenary celebrations of the Vivekananda Degree and Pre-University College at Puttur near here yesterday, Vala said the country needs to carry forward the education and cultural refinement inherited by us from our forefathers to the next generation. He said it was imperative to impart the teachings of renowned spiritual leaders like Shankaracharya, Bhagawan Mahaveer and Buddha to the new generation and nobody could brand it as saffronisation.

The governor, on the occasion, commended the contributions of Vivekananda College which has provided education to more than 30,000 students so far.