By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Sept 4, 2023: Teachers, and very sadly so, are today in the news, for all the wrong reasons! In Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, a school teacher made the students of her class come up and slap a Muslim child in the classroom. She was caught on cameraContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Sept 4, 2023: In June this year I had an opportunity to conduct training for teachers in Jharkhand. During the training I found most of them “syllabus-focussed.” Their main concern was completing their syllabus and preparing students for examinations. This seems to be the caseContinue Reading
By Tessy Jacob Bhubaneswar, Sept 4, 2023: We attribute many qualities to a teacher – guru, motivator, second parent, visible gods, and guide. Teaching is the most rewarding job that helps one walk with students over the years and see them grow up as useful citizens. Society acknowledges the professionContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Every year, September 5 is celebrated as Teachers’ Day. Like our parents, it was our teachers who moulded us to be someone in society. I remember when I was a child, we used to have special events to felicitate our teachers. I have come across manyContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Oct 13, 2021: When September came this year, it brought joyful memories of my school life and of my teachers, beginning with nursery school. I remember with love my teachers who stood by me in my moments of doubt and pain, and rejoiced at even myContinue Reading
Indore: Catholic community on Sept 5 celebrated the feast of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta; the centenary year of the Legion of Mary and the Teacher’s Day. The Mass was offered at 8 am in St. Francis Assisi Cathedral known as Red Church, Indore. It was led by Fathers MartinContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna: A minister in Bihar, eastern India, on September 5 urged students to return to society what they have received and become responsible citizens in future. “You should be ready to give it back to society. By giving back, you are creating opportunities to meet peopleContinue Reading
By F M Britto Raipur: The first teacher that I had encountered was my first grade teacher in my village’s government school. Those days we never had any modern play schools, nurseries and kindergartens. My father had admitted me in the school one year ahead of my school age, advancingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Sept 5, 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic could not dampen the spirit of expressing teacher-student relationship in schools. Some parents and students of Sarada Mandir School in Goa’s Miramar found a new way to greet the teachers on September 5, the Teacher’s Day. “The parents cameContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Sept 4, 2020: India has a sacred tradition of venerating teachers. Our scriptures are full of references glorifying teachers. Much before we started celebrating Teachers on September 5, we had the tradition of celebrating Gurupurnima. All of us know and quote the famous quote from GuruContinue Reading