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India ‘has treasure of Arabic documents’
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Monday, Aug 09, 2010
Gulf News
historian: exchange can help learning
Abu Dhabi India has three million Arabic documents in its archives, which proves there has been dynamic learning of Arabic in the country for centuries, an eminent Indian historian told an audience in Abu Dhabi.
Professor K.N. Panicker, one of India’s foremost historians and vice-chairman of the Higher Education Council of Kerala, said India and the UAE could co-operate with each other to preserve and utilise that historical knowledge,
The professor was speaking in the Indian Embassy auditorium on Saturday evening about “New Initiatives in Higher Education in India and Their Implication for the Gulf Ccountries”.
He said education was not limited to gaining knowledge and having a career but also to a society’s national and cultural identity.
“Therefore it is more conducive to the strengthening of national and cultural identities of Indians and people in the Gulf to enter into educational exchange because their histories contain so many common experiences, common perceptions and the legacy of colonialism,” he said.
About 90 per cent of school students in the Gulf countries went on to obtain a higher education whereas in India only 10 per cent of eligible students received the chance for a higher education, Panicker said.
India was undergoing a revolution in its higher education sector, he said. The 11th five-year plan has allocated 9.5 per cent more money for higher education than the previous plan, he said.
AHMED KUTTY/Gulf News
K.N. Panicker
Indian’s new initiatives in higher education
14 innovation universities
10 central universities
1500 more universities in future
9.5 per cent more money allocated in the 11th five-year plan
More seats in world famous IITs and IIMs.
Removing divisions between disciplines
-B.A.K
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Interaction with Nobel Laureates as part of education reforms
Abu Dhabi An Indian state has invited 14 Nobel Laureates from various disciplines to its universities to interact with teachers and students, Dr. K.N. Panicker said.
This initiative in Kerala would give brilliant students a new experience, he said. Two Nobel laureates had already visited the state, and their visit had made a huge impact on students and teachers, he told Gulf News.
B.A.K
By Binsal Abdul Kader?Staff Reporter
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