Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha Friday said Mahatma Gandhi did not have a single university degree, let alone any law degree — “a misconception a lot of people have”.
Underlining that people should strive for more than just “degree education”, Sinha said: “A very few people know … even a lot of educated people have the misconception that Gandhiji had a law degree. Gandhiji did not have any degree.”
“Who would say Gandhiji was not educated? Nobody has the courage to say that. But did you know that he did not have a single university degree or qualification. There are many of us who think that Mahatma Gandhi had a law degree. No he did not. His only qualification was a high school diploma. He qualified to practise law. He did not have a law degree…. (But) Just look how educated he was…Our Father of the Nation,” he added.
#WATCH | J&K LG says, “…Misconception that Gandhi ji had a Law Degree. Did you know he didn’t have a single University Degree? His only qualification was a High School Diploma. He qualified to practice Law but didn’t have a Law Degree. He had no Degree but how educated he was.” pic.twitter.com/2O3MkeZZhI
— ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2023
The J&K L-G further added that he wants to make it clear that one should not “only be indulging in formal connection with a degree or what you think is education”.
