Happy Teachers’ Day HIGHLIGHTS: September 5 is celebrated as Teachers’ Day to mark the birthday anniversary of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan — the second President of India.
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On this day, the Ministry of Human Resource Development also recognises the efforts of teachers who went beyond their call of duty to improve the state of education and create a lasting impact on children. A total of 46 teachers have been chosen this year from across the country to be felicitated in the national capital on Thursday. Read less
As a professor at the Presidency College in Madras and the University of Calcutta, he was popular among students and was seen as an evocative teacher. He later served as the Vice-Chancellor of both Andhra University and Banaras Hindu University and was recognised by Oxford University when he was called to fill the Chair of Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions. In 1939, he was elected Fellow of the British Academy.
"We have abundance of knowledge and then we have good values but in the era of globalisation and competition, we need to have a coordination between artificial intelligence and human compassion, a balance between digital levelling and character building for nation-building as it will not only make us knowledgable individuals but better human beings," the President said during Teacher's day address.
CBSE decided to train teachers in AI and ICT skills under Microsoft and IBM. The last date to apply is September 9. The board has also introduced AI among other new age electives for students. Read more
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Meet the teacher who trains special children via sports - gets awarded by the HRD Minister, President.
Cricketer turned MP, Gautam Gambhir, also tweeted to thank his teachers.
In his teacher's day address today, President Kovind congratulated the National Award winners. He said that through this award the government respects the efforts of teachers. He said that it was only through the direction of his teachers that he has reached where he is.
To improve the quality of teachers, the NCTE has decided to penalize poor-performing BEd institutes up to shut-down. While the NCTE claims that it receives over-enrolment up to 5 lakh every year for BEd courses, seats in many institutes still go vacant. Currently, 1,000 teaching institutes from across the country are under scrutiny.
Two counsellors, a man and a woman, will be engaged on contract in each of the 635 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) across the country. The HRD Ministry has spent about Rs 56 crore on this.
According to data shared by NCTE, every year nearly 3 lakh teachers' jobs are created, however, over 19 lakh teachers are qualified every year. This implying at least 16 lakh students who clear BEd are not likely to get jobs. To fill this gap, a new course in counselling will be launched soon. Here are course details
Born in 1831, Savitribai Jyotirao Phule was considered as the first Indian female reformist. She started the first women’s school in the country in 1848 along with her husband in Pune, Maharashtra.
India’s first noble laureate and a great scholar never took a formal education. Tagore started with Pathabhaban School with the money he received with his Nobel Prize and gradually built it to a university. Read more
Born in Rameswaram on October 15, 1931, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was the former president of India who is best known for the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. However, he always wanted to be known as a teacher. He once addressed students at IIM Shillong.
Another National Teacher awardee Tombimacha Singh, from Tekcham Girls Upper Primary School, Tekcham Village, Thoubal, Manipur aims to bring more children with special needs to the school which has 175 students. Mutum tries to provide facilities to these students so that their parents do not need to put in any effort into their schooling. Know how
One of the National Teachers' Day award winners, Dr Joy, teaches mathematics to middle school students in a tribal area. To help his students tackle the fear of mathematics, he makes small kits for them to tinker with concepts like the number line “so that they can play like it’s ludo while learning”. Read more
Social Body of IIT Bombay calls teachers superhero. Read this cute message
The gender gap in teaching is worst in Bihar and Jharkhand where only 20.93 per cent and 29.87 per cent of teachers are females, respectively. Male candidates also dominate teaching in Maharashtra (39.76 per cent females), Odisha (35.77 per cent females), Telangana (38.38%), UP (32.84%) and West Bengal (34.58%). Know where your state ranks
India has 2,05,339 more male teachers than females, according to the Higher Education report 2017-18. Of the total 12,84,755 teachers across India, 57.99 per cent are males. The gender gap becomes wider as we move higher up the hierarchy. Read why
Cricketer Vinod Kambli wished his father who also coached him for several years, a happy teacher's day
HRD Minister wishes Happy Teacher's Day, calls teachers the creators of future generations.
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar had always honoured and took the blessings of his childhood coach, Ramakant Achrekar. During Guru Purnima, he has wished the man who shaped his career.
One of the richest persons in the world, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has always attributed his success to his teacher Blanche Caffiere, who he describes as a “very kindly librarian and teacher”. Narrating the story in his personal blog, Bill Gates shared how Caffiere took him “under her wing and helped make it okay for me to be a messy, nerdy boy who was reading lots of books.”
Teachers must instil the value of hard work in their students as a child never forgets his/her teachers, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday. The chief minister was speaking at the state teacher award distribution ceremony here on the eve of Teacher's Day.
"Teachers must instill such feeling among students that there is no alternative to hard work and effort," he said. (PTI inputs)
Home Minister Amit Shah also paid tribute to Dr S Radhakrishnan and appreciated teachers for their exemplary work in shaping society.
For their exemplary work, President Ramnath Kovind awards teachers.
"On Teachers' Day, I pay homage to Dr S Radhakrishnan and extend greetings to all our teachers. They infuse young minds with strong values and inspire them to be curious, to seek knowledge and to dream. Doing this, they contribute immensely towards nation-building," President Kovind tweeted.
Radhakrishnan was born in 1882 in a town called Tiruttani in Andhra Pradesh. Though his father wanted him to take on the role of a priest, the boy’s talents brought him to Tirupati and later Vellore to study. He eventually joined Christian College, Madras, in order to study philosophy. It is said that when Dr Radhakrishnan became President (1962-1967), his students and friends wished to celebrate his birthday. However, known for his humble nature, he requested, “Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if September 5 is observed as Teachers’ Day.