15/10/2026
“Education, meant to be liberating, should start by rejecting power structures and hierarchies that teach the young to defer rather than to think.”
Marking World Students’ Day, Dr. Saswat Kishore Mishra, Associate Dean at KSEC, reflects in The Political and Business Daily on his encounter with Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. His piece explores the purpose of education, the importance of moral courage, and the responsibility of educational institutions to empower students to question, think independently, and uphold integrity.
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