Minister of School Education in Maharashtra Deepak Kesarkar addressed a compact audience on the sidelines of a trailer release of a Marathi film, slated to hit theatres in the state on December 2. This was the release of the trailer, not the film.

At the function which took place earlier this week on Children’s Day, the minister spoke about education and children especially. His statement which resonated sharply, as he gave a personal example, was that children as young as four years old were taking tuitions instead of using that time playing outdoors and growing as individuals.