In India Teacher’s Day is celebrated on 5th of September as a tribute to the contributions made by the teachers towards the community. Since 1962 the day commemorates the birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan, a great teacher and a staunch believer of education, known for his contribution towards the education system of India. According to Dr. Radhakhrishnan, “teachers should be the best minds in the country”.
What you grow up to be is entirely dependent on the person who raises you. A teacher can be your parents who teach you the right morals, a teacher can be your relatives who support you and are there for you at all times, a teacher can be your friend who helped you through your difficult time and a teacher is also obviously the one who guided you during those tough schooling years. That is why in India we dedicate an entire day to value, cherish and be grateful to all those amazing teachers who helped us become who we are today
The birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan came to be celebrated as Teachers Day when some of his students requested him to allow them to celebrate his birthday ‘5th September’. Dr. Radhakhrishnan said, “instead of celebrating my birthday separately, it would be my proud privilege if September 5 is observed as Teachers’ day”. Since then 5th September is observed as Teachers Day throughout India. On this day we honor our beloved teachers who for their selfless effort towards shaping the carriers of their students and elevating the education system of India as a whole.
Most schools have elaborate functions and ceremonies to validate the gurus. These ceremonies include extravagant performances such as classical dances and dramas wherein the kids get all dressed up in beautiful and colourful costumes in respect of the teachers, they exchange pretty hand made cards with colours and their creativity bursting out of them followed by a treat consisting of all the mouth watering dishes one can think of, laid out on the table like a piece of art with the perfect look and colour scheme which is extremely hard to resist.
On 5th September this year let us acknowledge all those wonderful beings that have been the lantern that showed us the path through out dark times and express how we feel about them. Because teachers are those who take a HAND, open a MIND and touch a HEART.
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