{"id":16356,"date":"2011-09-04T16:00:23","date_gmt":"2011-09-04T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"tag:kanglaonline.com:\/\/8d941bf0989134f77c4cda954bb1dd48"},"modified":"2011-09-04T16:00:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-04T20:00:23","slug":"teachers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2011\/09\/04\/teachers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher`s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_product='wpp-252';var addthis_options=\"Google+1\"<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=kanglaonline\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpus wpus_box wpus_box_medium wpus_box_ wpus_right\"><em class=\"wpus_quote\"><\/em> A good teacher must know how to arouse the interest of the pupil in the field of study for which he is responsible. He must himself be a master in the field of study and be in touch with the latest developments in the subject, he must himself be a fellow traveler in the exciting pursuit of knowledge&#8230;\u00a0 &#8211; <strong>Dr. S. Radhakrishan<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>By Heisnam Jogen Singh<\/p>\n<p>Teachers have an influencing role in the life of every student. They are like beacons of light, guiding us in the formative years of our life. Teachers mould us and in the process and shape our future. What we learn from our teachers remains with us, throughout our life. However, very often, we fail to show our appreciation and gratitude for their altruistic devotion. Teachers do need encouragement and support from the community to feel that their efforts are being recognized.<\/p>\n<p>Teacher\u2019s Day is celebrated throughout the world, year by year. By celebrating National Teacher\u2019s Day, we thank our teachers for providing us their invaluable guidance. In India, Teacher\u2019s Day (also called Teachers\u2019 Appreciation Day or National Teacher\u2019s Day) is celebrated on 5th of September, every year. The date was selected, because it is the birthday of a timeless teacher and the former President of India &#8211; Dr. Sarvepalli<\/p>\n<p>On this day, we gratefully remember the great educationist Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, whose dream was that \u201cTeachers should be the best minds in the country\u201d. Hence, Teachers\u2019 Day is very important for all our people, for our students and even for all the parents, as the teachers lay the foundation for creating enlightened citizens for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>While the world celebrates international Teacher\u2019s Day on the 15th of October, India celebrates it on the 5th of September, which is also the birthday of the famous teacher, academic philosopher and the second President of India, Mr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishan.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born in the year 1888 in a well-known religious state in Chennai, then called Madras. He was the second son of Veera Samayya, a tehsildar in a zamindari. It was a middle-class, respectable Hindu Brahmin family.\u00a0 He graduated with a Master\u2019s Degree in Arts from Madras University. In partial fulfillment for his M.A. degree, Radhakrishnan wrote a thesis on the ethics of the Vedanta titled \u201cThe Ethics of the Vedanta and Its Metaphysical Presuppositions\u201d, which was a reply to the charge that the Vedanta system had no room for ethics.<\/p>\n<p>The Origin of Teacher\u2019s Day:<br \/> Since 1962, 5th of September has been celebrated as Teacher\u2019s Day in India. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan was a philosopher and a teacher par excellence. Some of his students and friends approached him and requested him to allow them to celebrate his birthday. In reply, Dr, Radhakrishnan said, \u201cInstead of celebrating my birthday separately, it would be my proud privilege if September 5th is observed as Teacher\u2019s day\u201d. The request showed Dr.Radhakrishnan\u2019s love for the teaching profession. From then onwards, his birthday is observed as Teacher\u2019s Day in India.<\/p>\n<p>What did he Do? He showed how western philosophers, despite all claims to objectivity, were biased by theological influences from their wider culture. In one of his major works he also showed that Indian philosophy, once translated into standard academic jargon, is worthy of being called philosophy by western standards. His main contribution to Indian thought, therefore, is that he placed it \u201con the map\u201d, thereby earning Indian philosophy a respect that it had not had before. Dr. Radhakrishnan was of the opinion that only the right kind of education could solve many ills of the society and the country. He wanted to bring in a change in the educational system by improving the quality of education and building up a strong relationship between the teacher and the taught. In his opinion, teachers should be the best minds of the country; they should not merely instruct but should gain the true affection of pupils, and the respect for teachers cannot be ordered but it should be earned.<\/p>\n<p>After 1946, his philosophical career was cut short when his country needed him as ambassador to UNESCO and later to Moscow. He was later to become the first Vice-President and finally the President (1962-1967) of India. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1954. The University of Oxford instituted the Radhakrishnan Chevening Scholarships and the Radhakrishnan Memorial Award in his memory. He also received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in 1961.<\/p>\n<p>Even as the president Sarvepalli remained a humble man. It was an open house at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and people from all sections of society were welcome to meet him. In addition he accepted only Rs. 2,500 out of his salary of Rs. 10,000 and donated the remaining amount to the Prime Minister\u2019s National Relief Fund every month. He remained a teacher in many ways and even adopted the authoritative tone of a headmaster in many of his letters to his ministers. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan passed away on April 17, 1975.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2011\/09\/teachers-day\/\">http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2011\/09\/teachers-day\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Heisnam Jogen Singh Teachers have an influencing role in the life of every student. They are like beacons of light, guiding us in the formative years of our life&#8230;. <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2011\/09\/teachers-day\/\">Read more <span>&#187;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[630,43,330],"class_list":["post-16356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kanglaonline","category-news","tag-human-rights","tag-k-featured","tag-kanglaonline-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16356"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16370,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16356\/revisions\/16370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}