A society that does not give importance to education cannot progress. Let there be any Government, it must have a vision to make India shine in the field of education.

I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

My father, at the Death of his father, was but six years of age; and he grew up literally without education.

There has to be a global mission of human progress.

We admire the achievements of the Cuban revolution in the sphere of social welfare. We note the transformation from a country of imposed backwardness to universal literacy. We acknowledge your advances in the fields of health, education, and science.

Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.