Students should cultivate essential skills through value-based education.

Kudige, June 23: Karnataka Legislative Council President Basavaraj Horatti expressed his belief that students can become good citizens only when they develop values, skills and social responsibility along with higher education.

He was speaking at an interaction program held at the Gyan Kaveri campus of Kodagu University in Chikkaluwara on Tuesday.

Education should not be limited to just getting a degree. It should complement personality development, social thinking and nation building. He advised that in today's competitive era, students should give more emphasis on skill development along with continuous studies.

Girls' education should be given more priority. Educated women make families and society stronger. Today's girls are achieving in all fields, and educational institutions should create a conducive environment for them to develop self-confidence, leadership qualities and skills. Parents should provide equal opportunities without discrimination between men and women, he said. 

Kodagu University Vice Chancellor Prof. Ashok Sangappa Aloo presided over the function and said that the university is giving priority to the holistic personality development of the students along with quality education. He said that the guidance of Basavaraj Horatti, a senior educationist and the President of the Legislative Council of the state, is inspiring the students. On this occasion, under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) project, BIEF, in collaboration with the Rain Forest Alliance, launched a unique program called Sabala to plant and protect 1,325 saplings at the Gyan Kaveri campus of Kodagu University in Chikkaluwara. International Hindustani singer Dr. Mrutyunjaya Shettar performed a vachana.

Taluk Magistrate Krishnamurthy, Rural Police Station Kushalnagar Police Sub-Inspector Ramachandra and staff, university officials, teaching and non-teaching staff, undergraduate and postgraduate students were present.

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