RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat stresses the value of education

Mumbai: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday stressed the importance of education to make individuals "fearless" and self-reliant.

"Education which will make individuals fearless and self-reliant should be imparted," Bhagwat said at the golden jubilee celebrations of the Vivekanand Education Society at suburban Chembur here.

Calling on the youth to face challenges in life, he lamented that students commit suicide if they fail in their examinations.

The RSS chief also said that education which instills fundamental principles like dignity and self-respect in a person should be imparted.

"An educated person should be straightforward and should not have ego in him," he said, adding that value-based education is the need of the hour.