Log in to technology but don’t shun social life, sports, PM tells Students

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that students should be motivated towards the use of technology, but at the same time they should not forget to engage with sports and social life.

The PM, who is on a three-day visit to his home state of Gujarat, cautioned children against focusing only on online activities and pointed out that under the New Education Policy, sports is a part of education and not just another extracurricular activity.

PM Modi began his Gujarat trip by visiting “Vidya Samiksha Kendra,” or the Command and Control Centre for Schools, in state capital Gandhinagar, which collects over 500 crore data sets annually from schools and analyses them to enhance overall learning outcomes for students.

“You all have experienced the benefits of technology. We are fortunate to be living in an era where technology is easy and accessible. Once you take a little interest in it, all the world’s doors will open up to you,” PM Modi said, interacting with teachers and students of some government schools from the centre through video conferencing.