“Education must reflect in abolition of injustice”

TIRUCHI: “Education does not mean literacy alone; it should prompt people to analyse social injustice and strive for a change,” Qudsia Gandhi, Principal Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, and Chairperson and Managing Director, Overseas Manpower Corporation Limited, said on Tuesday.

Even after the definite changes brought in by social crusaders in the past for bridging social inequalities by focussing on educational uplift of the oppressed communities, the persistence of social injustice was a matter of concern, and must be set right through acceleration of awareness initiatives.

Education must reflect in abolition of social injustice, Ms. Qudsia emphasised, while delivering the key-note address at the inaugural of a two-day national seminar on Jyothiba Phule, Ambedkar and Periyar in Indian Social Revolution organised by the Anna Chair of the Bharathidasan University on Tuesday.

The three leaders revolted against the social divisions perpetuated by religious practices and utilised education as a tool for social emancipation of the oppressed and downtrodden communities, and equality of women. They strove for making the subjugated sections in the society to rise up the socio-economic ladder.