Dalai Lama calls for education changes

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published June 11, 2015

Modern education systems are too focused on material wealth and should be geared towards the value of having a warm heart, the Dalai Lama says.

BRISBANE, June 11 - The Tibetan spiritual leader is in Brisbane on Thursday and Friday as part of his Australian tour ...

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