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" Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and dropout rates. We have islands of excellence floating in a sea of mediocrity. "

Shashi Tharoor

Sea

Excellence

Education

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" 'Make in India' is great, but 'Make It Happen in India' is even greater. Make It Happen in India is more than manufacturing. It's about training, about education, about societal development and automation and engineering. "

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" Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense. "

" The answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child and community. There is no alternative. There never was. "

" My father was Catholic, and my mother wanted me to go to Catholic school. That's what I did in first grade. But she couldn't afford the payments. I think it must have hurt her a lot, not to be able to give me a Catholic education. "

" There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education. "

" To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete. "

" Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously. "

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Education

People

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" To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education. "

" I would even say that my parents, and their friends in our community, thought of education as a kind of armor against racism. "

" No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure. "

" After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job. "

" A rich, robust, well-resourced public education is one of the best routes out of poverty and a pathway to prosperity. "

" The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. "

" Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society. "

" One of the hallmarks of higher education and of democracy is the ability to converse with people with whom we disagree. "

" As technology increasingly takes over knowledge-based work, the cognitive skills that are central to today's education systems will remain important; but behavioral and non-cognitive skills necessary for collaboration, innovation, and problem solving will become essential as well. "

" What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. "

" We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. "

" I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment. "

" I do sometimes accuse people of ignorance, but that is not intended to be an insult. I'm ignorant of lots of things. Ignorance is something that can be remedied by education. "

" Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them. "

" For good nurture and education implant good constitutions. "