“गुरुर ब्रह्मा गुरुर विष्णु गुरुर देवो महेश्वरः
गुरुः साक्षात्परब्रह्मा तस्मै श्री गुरुवे नमः”
Today on the occasion of Teacher’s Day first of all I want to say thanks and express my respect and gratitude towards all the teachers for their selfless devotion and contribution in making this society and this nation a better place, to always inspire us and to make it possible for us to dream. You owe the supreme place in our hearts and in our society.
Today is the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, an exemplary teacher and former President of India. Dr Sarvepalli who dedicated his life to education and the youth of the country.
"Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if September 5 is observed as Teachers' Day," he had said, and henceforth, the tradition to celebrate Teachers' Day started from 1962 and to honour him and the teachers across the country.
But this year's Teachers Day is a bit different and off course special. This teacher’s day physically we all are miles apart but emotionally we all are together celebrating the greatness of this beautiful student - teacher bond.
This year our teachers have once again proved that why Gurus are superior to God in our culture. During this Pandemic time when all of us are facing several issues: - mentally, physically, socially and economically. Our teachers have been consistent in serving the nation. They are working day and night to bridge the gap between us and the knowledge. They have adapted all the new challenges: - may it be shifting from offline classes to online classes, may it be providing all kinds of help to the students. It actually showcases their honest hard work and zeal to not only teach but how they are learning new things to improve themselves and provide us with quality education.
In the language of pharmacy, we can say that teachers are like catalysts who take their student and make them react with knowledge. And after doing their work they again take a new set of students and perform their catalysis again and again. And the most important part to consider is that” this reaction cannot happen without the catalyst.”
As we are celebrating this teacher’s day during a pandemic There is another problem that has to be discussed here and I think it's important to discuss it because it is related to all of us. It is related to our country, India. India has one of the world’s largest educational sectors. It has over 1.3 million recognized schools including primary, upper primary, secondary, and senior secondary schools (AIES, 2002). Also, it has over 789 universities, 37,204 colleges, and 11,443 stand-alone institutions (UGC, 2017). As per the report of UNESCO, the coronavirus crisis has put over 320 million Indian students into unfortunate adversity, there are many students who have been left in the middle of nowhere. Schools are closed. Many don’t have access to the internet, educational resources or might not have proper guidance to study. Fortunately we live in metro cities where we have all the privileges of attending online classes and our teachers are also available for us , for our support, and hence it becomes our duty that we should consider helping the students around us in whatever possible way we can, may be by teaching the individuals who need guidance , may it be by giving them the book they needed. All of us should contribute to whatever extent possible. Dr. Abdul Kalam had said that “knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant and knowledge with action converts adversity into prosperity.” So today on this auspicious occasion we as students have a great opportunity to use the knowledge provided by our teachers to make the society a better place to live and I think it would be the greatest Guru Dakshina to all the teachers and the symbol of respect towards them from our side.
With this, At the end I just want to again present my sincere thanks from the side of all the students present here to all our respected teachers.
Thankyou
Curiosityseeker
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