Jung calls for better training in humanities, social sciences

Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung today stressed on better training in humanities and social sciences subjects, saying it was "more necessary today when we think of issues which face our society".
"The role of the humanities and social sciences education can hardly be underscored; it is all the more necessary today when we think of issues which face our society, be it gender insensitivity, class and caste biases, religious intolerance, regional conflicts.
"For addressing all of these and more, we need, today more than ever, a training in the humanities and social sciences," Jung said, addressing students on the annual Day function of Lady Shri Ram College for Women.

Jung also lauded the college in providing excellent education to women and said, "The college is emblematic of a feminism that helps women find their rightful place in the sun. It trains women who go on to excel in every sphere of their endeavour, be it the arts, media, education, the corporate sector, or governance.
"They are empowered with an academic training, professional competence, and an ability to assume positions of leadership with complete ease and self-confidence. This to my mind is both a symptom and a cause, of a slow but sure social revolution," Jung said.