"Women, education two wheels of chariot to drive nation towards 'Viksit Bharat': Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 28 : Vice-President, Jagdeep Dhankar on Saturday underlined the importance of women's education and said that a 'Viksit Bharat' can not be imagined without women and education.
"Women and education are the two wheels of the chariot that will drive the nation", he stated.
Interacting with the students and faculty members at the India International School in Jaipur, VP Dhankhar highlighted the importance of education, especially women's education and said, "Education is the biggest leveller in society, it brings equality and it is a necessity for democracy to flourish in any society. Education brings about equality; education cuts into inequities. Education is a great leveller of the societal system, education provides oxygen to democracy."
"If we look into our Vedas, great emphasis was laid on education and participation of women. We lost our way somewhere in between. But during that period in Vedas, the Vedic era, the earliest one, women were on the same footing. They were policymakers, they were decision makers, they were guiding forces," he further stressed.
In his address, the Vice President also praised the recently enacted Women Reservation Bill that mandates one third reservation in Parliament and State Legislatures.
"An epochal development has taken place, a historic development has taken place, and that is women reservation in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures, Constitution has now provided one-third reservation in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures. They will be part of policy-making, they will be part of legislation making, they will be part of executive functions, they will be the driving force. This is the development of the century", he added.
Lauding National Education Policy (NEP) for its ability to impart quality and purposeful education, Vice President Dhankhar said that there can be no change without education and it has to be quality education.
"Education has to be purposeful education. Education has to be beyond degree. Pursuit of degrees one after another is not the right approach to education and that is why after three decades the country came to have a national education policy that allows students full exploitation of their talent. They have been distanced from degree-oriented education. It has been focused on skill education, aptitude. Simultaneously you can pursue courses," he further said.
Stressing on the role of youth to achieve 'Viksit Bharat' in 2047, Jagdeep Dhankhar said that elements needed to achieve a developed nation status are present in the country. "There is a mechanism in place where every individual can exploit his or her talent and potential to realise aspirations and dreams", he added.
Highlighting the sanitisation of power corridors from corrupt elements in the country, VP Dhankhar said that any society driven by corruption, driven by greasing of the palm, driven by liaison agents, driven by a system that without corruption you cannot get a job or a contract is certainly against the rise of the youth.
"Corruption eats into the talented. Corruption neutralises meritocracy. A big change has taken place. Power corridors once infested with corrupt liaison elements. Those who extra-legally leveraged decision-making, who provided contracts and jobs without merit being a consideration. Those corridors have been neutralised. You would have seen now that there is transparent accountable governance in the country and this has been brought about by technological penetration right up to the villages where money is transferred without intermediary," he said.