Guest guest Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Light and Love Goal of education is to serve society: Baba Friday November 23 2007 09:14 IST EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE PUTTAPARTHI: Education becomes meaningful only when students use what they have learnt for helping others, Sri Satya Sai Baba has said. Delivering the convocation address at the 26th convocation of Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, a deemed university, in Sai Kulwant Hall at Prashanti Nilayam here on Thursday, the Baba said that students of the institute had a good name and they should ensure that they were not involved in unnecessary issues and waste time. Time is most precious and sacred and wasting it is akin to wasting life, he explained. The Baba advised the students to control their desires and channel their energies for the benefit of the society, for they are the future. He asked them to respect parents and make them happy by being studious and bring glory to the schools and colleges they study at. While other educational institutions worked for monitory gain, Satya Sai educational institutions worked for poor students and their development, he claimed and pointed out that safe drinking water scheme, education and health schemes were not meant for any monitory gain but were only service-oriented. Students pursuing higher education should not sit idle but work for the benefit of the society by engaging themselves in social work. They should remember that higher education was not for them but for the society, he said. The Baba also emphasised on qualities like love, selfless service in the youth. The convocation was a simple affair with minimal number of VVIPs attending it. For the first time, Sri Satya Sai Baba as chancellor of the deemed varsity delivered the convocational address. In all, 21 students received gold medals and meritorious certificates from Sri Satya Sai Baba. Maharashtra Minister for Industries Ashok Chavan, AP Minister for Industries Geeta Reddy, industrialist AVS Raju and others were present. The source: http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEA20071122225326 & Title=Southern+News+%2D+Andhra+Pradesh & rLink=0 Namaste - Reet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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