Bhubaneshwar: Admitting that Orissa still remains backward in the national education scenario, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh Wednesday said at least 15 or 16 skill-based polytechnics would come to the State out of 1,000 planned for the entire country to enhance ‘employability factor’ of the unemployed youth.
On Central universities and institutes for the State, he said that they would be set up as promised in the current five-year plan.
Speaking at the inaugural function of the two-day international seminar ‘Myths and superstition vis-a-vis tribal society’ at city-based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), he said though we often term the beliefs of the primitive people as superstitions, they, in other own way, help in conserving nature as tribals ‘worship’ nature.
Disapproving the notion that tribals destroy forests, Singh said, rather, they help in conserving forest resources including the wildlife. ‘‘As they have strong faith in nature’s components they never think of harming them,’’ he pointed out adding rather in the name of progress others are destroying the natural wealth.
Calling for entrusting the responsibility of protecting forest wealth, including wildlife, to the native tribals in the country, Arjun Singh said this could be more effective as the primitive people would work better than the traditional forest guards and other forces working for the physical upkeep of the forest wealth.
Keeping aside the ‘tribal and nontribal issue’ in enacting the Tribal Land Rights Act, Singh said there would be no conflict among the tribals while getting their rights over their ancestral lands.
He also urged more social workers to come to the field of education so that the traditionally neglected people would change their lives with education and exposure.
Later, talking to mediapersons on the tie-up between Congress and National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Minister said a ‘formula is being worked out’. He declined comment on the controversial remarks on the Mumbai terror attacks.
Among others, SC/ST Development Minister CP Majhi, MP Prasanna Patsani and founder of KIIT and KISS A Samanta and president Saswati Bal spoke.
The HRD Minister also released two books — ‘Adivasi Parampara and Sanskruti’ (in Oriya) and ‘Indigenous people of Orissa’.
Source: Express News Service
On Central universities and institutes for the State, he said that they would be set up as promised in the current five-year plan.
Speaking at the inaugural function of the two-day international seminar ‘Myths and superstition vis-a-vis tribal society’ at city-based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), he said though we often term the beliefs of the primitive people as superstitions, they, in other own way, help in conserving nature as tribals ‘worship’ nature.
Disapproving the notion that tribals destroy forests, Singh said, rather, they help in conserving forest resources including the wildlife. ‘‘As they have strong faith in nature’s components they never think of harming them,’’ he pointed out adding rather in the name of progress others are destroying the natural wealth.
Calling for entrusting the responsibility of protecting forest wealth, including wildlife, to the native tribals in the country, Arjun Singh said this could be more effective as the primitive people would work better than the traditional forest guards and other forces working for the physical upkeep of the forest wealth.
Keeping aside the ‘tribal and nontribal issue’ in enacting the Tribal Land Rights Act, Singh said there would be no conflict among the tribals while getting their rights over their ancestral lands.
He also urged more social workers to come to the field of education so that the traditionally neglected people would change their lives with education and exposure.
Later, talking to mediapersons on the tie-up between Congress and National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Minister said a ‘formula is being worked out’. He declined comment on the controversial remarks on the Mumbai terror attacks.
Among others, SC/ST Development Minister CP Majhi, MP Prasanna Patsani and founder of KIIT and KISS A Samanta and president Saswati Bal spoke.
The HRD Minister also released two books — ‘Adivasi Parampara and Sanskruti’ (in Oriya) and ‘Indigenous people of Orissa’.
Source: Express News Service
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