Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Thursday that teachers will remain crucial in the 21st century, even in the era of Artificial Intelligence.

Speaking at the 70th foundation day of Somalvar Education Society, Mohan Bhagwat said that while technology exposes the current generation to vast knowledge, teachers have the power to transform lives.

“Seeing and observing is learning. We can get information through reading and listening….How to use information you possess is learnt from seeing and observing,” Bhagwat said.

“Teachers have the power to transform lives…..technology comes and goes….with intelligence becoming artificial, the role of teachers and education has become important,” he said.

The RSS chief also recalled Mahatma Gandhi’s dictum that science without ethics is a sin.

Technology is important and its advancement will help humans to work faster and be precise, but it has to be used effectively, Bhagwat further said.

“When we teach, we also learn. Every student is different,” he said, adding that if information is all one needs, there is Google, but for teaching, teachers are indispensable.

Sometimes falsehood is spread in the guise of knowledge, and distorted facts are peddled under the garb of history, he said, adding that knowledge has to be scrutinized and then imbibed.

(with agency inputs)