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Award for Shyam Benegal

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, AUG. 12. Eminent film-maker Shyam Benegal was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to developmental and social issues at the University Grants Commission (UGC) and Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) organised Annual Educational Video Competition Awards here today.

An inter- university centre of the UGC, the CEC uses the electronic media in education and annually presents the Educational Video Competition Awards to recognise excellence in educational video programming in the country. Thursday's saw 38 educational films being awarded as part of the 15th and 16th Educational Video Competition Awards that were given away jointly to celebrate the completion of the CEC's 20 years.

While thanking the UGC for the award, film-maker Shyam Benegal said, "The tragedy of literacy is that the minute you make someone literate you are also closing the thinking valve that was till then open. Although the countrywide classroom had grown tremendously over the years and is actually seen through a Free To Air (FTA) channel, it is not shown by most cable operators. Why do people have a choice and still not have a choice,'' he asked. Speaking at the same event, the former UGC Chairman, Yash Pal, called on educationists to move beyond mere expertise and pointed out that education should be acquired, translated and created to make it a complete experience for the student.

"Near experts are the most dangerous people right now. Most experts are out on sale to people who are more powerful. Most of the media is being used not to make people think but to brainwash.'' While hailing the use of technology for education, Prof. Yash Pal also warned that it was important to ensure that it was used in the right way so that students get to learn as much as they can. Speaking on the occasion, the UGC Chairman, Arun Nigavekar, said it was time to blend technology seamlessly with the traditional format of teaching to take education to a new level.

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