Mysuru: Marking the 58th Foundation Day of National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), a function was held at Regional Institute of Education (RIE) auditorium in Gangothri Layout here yesterday.
Inaugurating the programme, Sarod Maestro Pt. Rajeev Taranath, referring to the idea of introducing performing arts as a compulsory subject in schools and colleges, opined that it should be introduced as an audit course with no evaluation process. He pointed out that talent matters a lot in performing arts and not degrees and certificates. He asserted that a person cannot become a good artiste just by holding a degree or certificate in performing arts and jocularly said that such person can be called as Apa‘swara’ or Be‘thala’.
