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Synergistic Role of Education in India of the 21st Century
never dreamt of, given the new power man has acquired through knowledge, science, technology arts and the treasures of new knowledge through research and innovation.
It is possible, with the synergized power of knowledge realizing the integration of the individual with his immediate social surrounding on one hand, and on the other, with the ubiquitous global environment positively and constructively, into a new entity, could make HEAVEN itself descend on the earth. The Indian mythology has seen a Bhagirath do that feat of bringing the holy Ganga on the earth. Quality education based on triple synergy, in the 21st century, does have the potential of empowering the student population in particular and the average Indian citizen, the AAM AADAMI, to realize the dream of making the mundane life a heaven on earth. Rabindranath Tagore dreamt of realizing that dream on behalf of every Indian compatriot decades ago, by offering this soul stirring prayer. Let's all echo and reecho it to strengthen our determination to transform our lives through a properly synergized education.
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Where the mind is without fear,
And the head is held high;
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Where knowledge is free,
Where the world has not been broken up,
By narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of the truth;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
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Into the dreary desert sands of dead habits;
Into that HEAVEN of freedom, My Father! Let my country awake.
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GOL. (2009). Report of the National Knowledge Commission (2009). New Delhi:
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UNESCO. (1998). "Higher Education in the 21st Century: Vision and Action: The Final report of the World Conference on Higher Education. Paris: UNERSCO
World Bank. (2000). "Higher Education in Developing Countries: Perils and Promise". Report of the Task Force on Higher Education. Washington DC. W.B.
