The youth should dedicate themselves to achieve theirlife goals with hardwork, determination and devotion as Sky is the limit forthem given their unbounded energy. How so ever difficult the target might be,it is not impossible to achieve. So, one should adopt constructive attitude.Every child has talent but the need is to spot and hone the same. The situationwarrants career counseling to the students from the primary level itself. Theseviews were expressed by the Education Minister Pargat Singh today whileinteracting through EDUSAT with teachers and students of the government schoolsof the State.
Going down the memory lane, the Minister remembered hisschool days when he studied sitting on the mat and credited his teachers forshaping him into what he is today. He reminisced about his Headmaster MukhtiyarSingh, Maths Master Basant Singh, Physical Education teacher Daljit Singh,Hindi teacher Sita Sharma, Drawing teacher Gian Chand and said that nobody canbe equal to the stature a teacher enjoys in the society.
The Education Minister also exhorted one and all todesist from bursting crackers and celebrate Green Diwali so as to enjoy soundhealth and ensure clean environment. He also said that the students shouldplace equal importance on both studies and sports besides having balanced dietthereby avoiding fast food. By doing this, they can enjoy much healthier life,added Pargat Singh.
Emphasizing importance to the mother tongue, he said thattoday countries like China and Japan have progressed by adopting their mothertongue. What a child can learn in mother tongue, he cannot in any otherlanguage. He also said that the knowledge of every subject must be translatedinto Punjabi and digitized.
The Minister also gave tips to the students to live agood and healthy life. He further added that the students should develop anoptimistic outlook. Placing significance on the role played by teachers inshaping students' life and career along with the parents, he mentioned thatstudents owe their success in life mainly to the teachers.
Remebering his initial days as a Hockey player, PargatSingh, who also Captained the Team, said that at the age of 18 years he wentfrom New Delhi to Jalandhar at midnight to fetch his passport for his firsttour and again went from Jalandhar to Mithapur in Afternoon running 7 Kms. Healso divulged that hockey taught him the all important aspect of team spirit inwhich every person has some significance. "I strongly believe in teamspirit at every platform in life", said Pargat Singh.
In his address, the Secretary Education Ajoy Sharma addedthat the main motive of education is the overall development of the studentswho should also be bearers of good character along with being good in theacademics. The Director General School Education Pradeep Agarwal mentioned theachievements made by the School Education department during the previous years.
Among others present on the occasion included DPI(Secondary Education) Sukhjit Singh, Director NCERT Jarnail Singh, DPI(Elementary Education) Harinder Kaur, Assistant Director Gurjit Singh and BinduGulati, Chairman Punjab School Education Board Yograj Singh, Vice ChairmanVarinder Bhatia, Controller of Examinations Janak Raj Mehrok and AssistantSecretary Gurtej Singh.