Education is answer to world's problems: Founder of Super 30
DUBAI: Education is the answer to world's pressing problems, Anand Kumar, a mathematician and founder of Super 30, said on Wednesday. Kumar said the meaning of education lies in developing responsible citizens and stressed the need for quality teachers. "Unless we have good teachers, education cannot improve." "Youth should be encouraged to take up teaching profession and the governments around the world should strive to make it a lucrative option. It is said that all parents want good teachers for their wards, but they don't want their wards to be teachers," he said at a mega conference organized by 'Education without Border' at the UAE's Higher Colleges of Technology. Anand's Super 30 -- the programme that selects 30 meritorious candidates each year from economically backward sections and trains them for the IIT-JEE -- success story has become a toast of international media, with several invitations from different countries requesting him t...