Teacher  Always Rejoices Student’s Success  

For the previous two years, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the schools and colleges were shut and the annual celebrations at the campus were replaced with virtual ones on the teachers’ day. The teachers played a pivotal role then and they play now.

When covid-19 pandemic forced schooling to move online for the better part of two years, without any doubt the teachers pulled off in inspiring ways in ensuring continuity of learning, mostly remotely.

The teachers took various initiatives on the ground to demonstrate how online teaching could be possible. Let us not forget how some teachers took measures and conducted classes within the community, mostly at far off places with students having no access to smartphones or better internet. They even managed to conduct classes when internet speed remained reduced to 2G. The pandemic changed how students are educated around the world. The teachers ensured that students keep the thread of education at home as well as meet stiff targets of the syllabi. Even though regular classes are being held, the template is not relegated to pages of history. It is being usefully used for the students benefits.

In India, Teachers’ Day is celebrated annually on September 5 to mark the birthday of the country’s former President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was born on this day in 1888.

When Dr Radhakrishan took the office of the second President of India in 1962, his students approached him to seek permission to celebrate September 5 as a special day. Dr Radhakrishnan instead made a request of them to observe September 5 as Teachers’ Day, to recognise the contribution of teachers to the society. Since then it is celebrated as the teachers’ day.

Teachers and students flourish in a relationship of mutual respect. Teachers’ Day is a reminder of that richness. The celebration and respect should not be limited to an annual day alone.

The private school teachers today often have a tough time economically, and many have lost the enthusiasm for teaching. Teachers in most private schools are still paid less than what they deserve. The government and society needs to work out means to address the issues facing them and ensure that they are paid so as to meet various challenges while they teach students.

All of us, whether children in school or not, should say and do more to express gratitude to the dedicated women and men who choose to teach. They are the bedrock upon which any quality education is built and they are perhaps the few people in everyone’s lives who rejoice when “their student” excels.

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