TY - SER AU - Pranab Mukherjee TI - Fundamental objectives of education PY - 2015/// N2 - Pranab Mukherjee, Hon'ble President of India delivered the Convocation Address at the tenth convocation of Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram on April 10th, 2015. He said, ''Strengthening academic management is urgently required. To make learning more effective, teaching pedagogy must be refined, curricula up-dated, inter-disciplinary approach adopted and evaluation mechanism reformed. To make faculty gain greater expertise in their field, faculty development programmes must be conducted. To achieve excellence, core competencies must be identified and nurtured. To create quality awareness, every institution must be benchmarked and accredited ER -