Tag: Teachers’ Day

Teachers’ Day 2018 | President Kovind, PM Modi pay tribute to Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Several other organisations, political leaders and parties remembered the former President and greeted the nation on Teachers' Day

September 5, 2018

Super 30 | Hrithik Roshan shares new posters on Teachers’ Day

In one of the posters, he introduced the character of Anand Kumar. The other one has him surrounded by students, while the last poster shows the students ready for some sort of a battle.

September 5, 2018

Amitabh Bachchan to Tabu: Bollywood actors who would be great teachers

On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, let’s take a look at Bollywood actors who would be great teachers.

September 4, 2018

Teachers’ Day 2018 | All you need to know about Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the educator

When he became the President, his students and friends wanted him to let them allow the celebration of his birthday. He replied, “Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if September 5th is observed as Teachers' Day.”

September 4, 2018

Remembering the best of teachers

The storyteller knows for certain that mere preaching is not teaching and that learning stems from the curiosity created. She also knows how the rightly chosen stories could play an effective role in educating people. It is the ancient way of imparting education.

September 2, 2018

Salary deduction if absent on Teachers’ Day state function: Rajasthan Govt

The state government is planning a celebration on Teachers' Day and in its endeavor to make it successful the education department has issued this order.

August 30, 2018

On Teachers’ Day…

Teachers’ Day (5 September) has seldom been so reassuring both for the teacher and the taught as it has been this year in West Bengal. A refreshing change after the tragedy a couple of years ago when a student died in the washroom of a girls’ school in Kolkata’s Dum Dum area, to which she …

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September 11, 2017

Mamata Banerjee bats for language education

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that students in the state would be encouraged to learn different languages but stressed that Bengali, being the regional language, should also be studied in parallel. “For several years, generations were not allowed to learn English here. I want students to learn English. We will back …

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September 5, 2017

Teachers are ‘true nation builders’: Sonia Gandhi

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday conveyed her best wishes and salutations to teachers on the occasion of Teachers’ Day and said they are the “true nation builders”. “Teachers have the enormous responsibility to mould our future and provide them with the correct path of righteousness and we are forever indebted to the hard work …

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September 5, 2017

Rio Olympics was my biggest life lesson: PV Sindhu

Sindhu, 22, says her coach urged her to believe in herself and that has helped her play the game well.

September 5, 2017

From China, Modi salutes teaching community on Teachers’ Day 

Attending the 9th BRICS Summit in China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday saluted India’s teaching community on the occasion of Teachers’ Day. “On Teachers’ Day, I salute the teaching community that is devoted to nurturing minds and spreading the joys of education in society,” he tweeted from Xiamen, China. The day is celebrated to …

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September 5, 2017

Significance of Teacher’s Day and why do we celebrate it?

Learning needs freedom to think and freedom to imagine, and both have to be facilitated by the teacher, said India’s former President Late APJ Abdul Kalam. As the country celebrates Teacher’s Day on Tuesday the inspiring lines by India’s missile-man resonate in the minds of all. Teachers’ Days are special occasions to recognise and appreciate …

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September 5, 2017

Education for head and heart

Today on Teacher’s Day, a grateful nation pays its ritualistic once-ayear tribute to the teaching community. As usual, there will be a lot of rhetoric including traditional lectures on ideal teachers and some mandatory awards and a dose of nostalgia. The question is what would a talented teacher carry home in terms of salary every …

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September 5, 2017

President Kovind extends greeting on Teachers’ Day

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday greeted teachers across the country on Teachers’ Day, saying that it is our moral responsibility to pay respect to them. “Our nation has a warm tradition of the ‘guru shishya parampara’ by which teachers impart their knowledge to students and empower them,” Kovind said in a statement. “It is …

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September 4, 2017

An ideal for life

The sepia-tinted image of me touching his divine feet, seeking his benediction, is still engraved in the altar of my heart where my prayers devote themselves in silent worship. The noise of daily trivia has receded there in shame and apprehension, only the cooing birds and flowers strewn all over in hearty dedication remain. Still …

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August 31, 2017

Revering our mentors

A traditional practice S arvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birthday on 5 September is considered as the Teacher’s Day in India. He was associated with Calcutta University for a long time where he taught philosophy. He also wrote volumes that enriched human knowledge such as the Essentials of Psychology (Oxford 1918) and The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore (London, …

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August 31, 2017

Mamata, Modi governments now battle over observance of Teachers Day

Days after clashing with the BJP-led central government over the format for celebrating independence Day in educational institutions, West Bengal’s Mamata Baneerjee regime is again on a collision course with the centre over observance of Teachers Day on September 5. At the core of the dispute is a circular sent by Union Ministry of Human …

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August 19, 2017