Purpose of education to make students contribute to society: Mohan Bhagat

“The purpose of education is not only to earn livelihood. Its purpose is to become capable for giving something back to the society in which we live. It is necessary to ignite these feelings to make education meaningful,” he said.

RSS wants to make youth of the country strong to fight contemporary problems, and is committed to upliftment of deprived people by making them free of exploitation and injustice, he added.

Appreciating the efforts of Vidya Bharati, the RSS-affiliated organisation that runs schools, Bhagwat in a statement said the Sangh wants to build a generation of youth that is committed to Hindutva and are patriotic.

Bhagwat further said, Vidya Bharati is a family comprising guardians, teachers and students.