<p class="title">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday emphasised the importance of character building over literacy and called for 'wholesome' education in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of "Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence" organised by the HRD Ministry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Knowledge and education are not restricted to books. The purpose of education is to enable balanced growth of every dimension of a human being, which is not possible without innovation," Modi said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Ambedkar, Deen Dayal Upadhya and Ram Manohar Lohiya always emphasized on character-building over literacy. Swami Vivekananda stressed on wholesome education that makes us a human," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The prime minister asserted that without innovation life would become a burden.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Innovation is very important because, without it, life seems like a burden. In our ancient universities like Takshshila, Nalanda and Vikramashila, innovation was given emphasis along with knowledge.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I insist that students should give knowledge in classrooms of college, university but they also add them to the aspirations of the country," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The conference is being attended by vice-chancellors and directors of over 350 higher education institutions. </p>
<p class="title">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday emphasised the importance of character building over literacy and called for 'wholesome' education in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of "Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence" organised by the HRD Ministry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Knowledge and education are not restricted to books. The purpose of education is to enable balanced growth of every dimension of a human being, which is not possible without innovation," Modi said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Ambedkar, Deen Dayal Upadhya and Ram Manohar Lohiya always emphasized on character-building over literacy. Swami Vivekananda stressed on wholesome education that makes us a human," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The prime minister asserted that without innovation life would become a burden.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Innovation is very important because, without it, life seems like a burden. In our ancient universities like Takshshila, Nalanda and Vikramashila, innovation was given emphasis along with knowledge.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I insist that students should give knowledge in classrooms of college, university but they also add them to the aspirations of the country," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The conference is being attended by vice-chancellors and directors of over 350 higher education institutions. </p>