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Education and Latur Pattern

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The University Stands For Humanism And Tolerance, For Reason, For Adventure Of Ideas And For The Search Of Truth. It Stands For The Forward March Of The Human Race Towards Even Higher Objectives. If The Universities Discharge Their Duties Adequately Then It Is Well With The Nation And The People. - Jawaharlal Nehru   These are views on education by our first prime minister. Did we really stand for that goal which he has mentioned? I always ask this question to me. Am I really educated? I still couldn't find the answer. I don't know what is meant by education. The famous Indian player Sachin Tendulkar has failed in S.S.C. though he is considered as the most ideal person in India. The question remains does one has to spend his/her twenty to twenty five years in formal education to achieve something? Whenever I go to my native place Latur I meet a person. He is a roadside vendor. He sells salted peanuts ( Kharimuri ). Once I asked him what is his qualification? He s...