Log Into Technology But Don't Shun Social Life, Sports, PM Tells Students

PM Modi started his Gujarat trip by visiting "Vidya Samiksha Kendra," or the Command and Control Centre for Schools, in state capital Gandhinagar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said 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 just 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 started 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.

The centre has been deemed a global best practice by the World Bank, which has also invited other countries to visit and learn about the facility.