Overview

• Speaking in New Delhi, he urged schooling to prioritise knowledge and skills rather than narrow job preparation.
• He backed integrating Gurukul-style learning with mainstream education, cited Finland’s holistic model, and said Sanskrit should be promoted but not made compulsory.
• He endorsed the National Education Policy’s five-dimensional framework and called for its gradual development.
• He criticised civil-services training as retaining colonial habits, pointing to lessons on “drinking etiquettes” for IAS and IPS recruits.
• He said the RSS has no subordinate bodies, described religion as an individual choice without coercion, and argued Parliament should decide on barring criminals from politics.