Education strongest tool for change: Kerala governor
India Today
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said that education is the strongest tool for change.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan remarked on Saturday that education is the strongest tool of change, while adding that the knowledge gained through it brings out the capability to maintain the inherent unity and the feeling of oneness in India amid a ‘superficial diversity’.
Addressing a seminar organised by Delhi University, he added, “Despite the long period of slavery, India has been able to save and protect its wisdom of ancient times.”
Governor Arif Mohammed Khan further remarked that education brings in knowledge while adding that it is the knowledge that makes one a human in the real sense.
Recounting India's principles from the past to the present, he said, “Right from times of (Swami) Vivekananda and (Rabindranath) Tagore, our ethos and guiding principles, reflective of our cultural background, have been pointing to the idea of an inclusive India.”
“Pleasure is not the core of life, but the goal of life is the pursuit of knowledge,” Arif Mohammed Khan said.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan emphasised that India has been a living example of a continuing civilisation whose culture and ethos are aging but not getting old.
The governor added, “It is through knowledge alone that capability comes of maintaining the inherent unity, the feeling of oneness amongst Indians, amidst, a superficial diversity.
