British destroyed Indian education system: Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused the British of destroying the Indian education system and turning it into an assemblyline of clerk making as he called on students to train to become job givers not seekersKejriwal made the remark while addressing the inauguration ceremony of the east Delhi campus of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University during which he was interrupted by slogans allegedly being raised by BJP workersKejriwal dedicated the new campus to the country and termed it one of the best the country hasIt has excellent facilities and in terms of architecture it can be counted as one of the best campuses in the country This campus will accommodate 2500 students It will benefit the economy of the area around it with the opening of shops and generation of employment opportunities he saidThere was no campus like this in east Delhi We prepared a model for school education where even those without money can get their child educated Now we have to focus on higher education he addedThe CM slammed British bureaucrat Lord Macaulay for creating an education system in the 1830s that still exists merely to churn out educated clerksThey destroyed the education system of India to prepare clerks We didnt make changes in this system We have to do something to give education that provides employmentOn this campus students will be taught automation design artificial intelligence machine learning data management innovation This is the demand of the technological world he saidKejriwal said that the vicechancellor of every university should be responsible for getting students jobs as he stressed on students to become employers and not go after jobs which are in scarcity in the countryEarlier Education Minister Atishi addressed the gathering and even her speech was interrupted by sloganeering Varsity ViceChancellor Mahesh Verma warned the disrupters to calm down else he would be forced to end the eventDuring her speech Atishi said when she posted pictures of her campus visit two months back someone asked her Is this the campus of Stanford University or New York university to her surpriseI said no this is the campus of the Guru Gobind SIngh Indraprastha University constructed by the Delhi government Some people say the country will progress by building flyovers and bridges Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says that the construction of more schools and colleges will lead the country to progress she saidThe GGSIPUs east Delhi campus has become the latest flashpoint between the AAPled city government and Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena with both sides claiming the right to inaugurate the newly built campus and take credit for its constructionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever