மன்னாதி மன்னனுக்கு மற்றுமொரு மகுடம்
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பத்மஸ்ரீ முனைவர் ஔவை நடராசன்
அவர்களின் சிறப்புரை
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பகுதி-80
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டாக்டர்.இராதாகிருஷ்ணன் அவர்களின் பல்கலைக்கழக பட்டமளிப்பு உரை (பகுதி-X)
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A university is essentially a corporation of teachers and students. The relations between the two have been of a sacred character. The kind of education that we provide for our youth is determined overwhelmingly by the kind of men and women we secure as teachers. Magnificent buildings and equipment are no substitute for the great teacher. Every attempt should be made to draw a good proportion of the best ability in the country into the teaching profession. If this country is to participate in the march of mind in science and scholarship, universities must recruit for their staff some of the best minds of the country. The university teacher should be helped to live in comfort, if he is to devote himself to learning, teaching and research.
As the young recruits to the universities are paid low salaries, they fail to appreciate intellectual values and get interested in writing textbooks or obtaining examinerships. I hope the University Service will become as attractive as the all-India
Services, for that is the only way to recruit and retain some of the ablest persons for the universities.
As the example of the teacher has great influence on the pupils, we cannot evade our responsibility to the teaching profession. A more enlightened public attitude is essential.

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