Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that moral education will be taught as a subject in Madhya Pradesh schools from next year. The Chief Minister was addressing a State-level teachers’ felicitation function on Teacher’s Day here on Friday. He also gave away State-level awards to 14 teachers.
Chouhan said that arrangements will be made to seek suggestions from academics for improvement in quality of education. Discussions will be held with the Centre to re-introduce Board exams of Class V and VIII. He said that objective of education is to inculcate knowledge, skill and civic sense manners among students. A teacher grooms fine human beings.
Former Chief Minister Kailash Joshi said education should be in accordance with present-day requirements of the country. Our country boasts of guru-shishya tradition. School Education Minister Paras Jain said teachers have ensured success of School Chalen Ham Abhiyan. Abrogation of Section 30 of Right to Education Act should be considered. Panchayats and Rural Development Minister and in-charge of Bhopal district Gopal Bhargava said teacher imparted knowledge to young generation. Knowledge is priceless.
Minister of State for School and Higher Education Deepak Joshi said that 39,000 vacancies of teachers in the state will be filled up. Education paves way for moving ahead in life, he added. At the function, awardee teachers were given away Rs 25,000 each, shawl, coconut and citation.
Teachers conferred President’s Medals last year were also felicitated on the occasion. One teacher each standing first in state-level symposium was also honoured.
The teachers felicitated at the function included Dinesh Kumar Rao Chhindwara, Shaikh Naeem Qureshi Sehore, Rajendra Pal Singh Dang Dhar, Archana Gautam Satna, Pratibha Sahu Sohagpur, Pushpendra Pandey Anuppur, Deepti Agnihotri Bhopal, Raghuvir Rai Chhindwara, Pramod Sharma Datia, Rajesh Gandhara Ujjain, Mulidhar Khode Khargone and Devi Charan Chakravarty Dewas. The President’s Medal winners felicitated on the occasion included Dhirendra Singh Tomar Bhopal, Rajendra Prasad Bhardwaj Rajgarh, Gokul Prasad Suryavanshi Sagar, Balkrishna Pachouri Shivpuri, Irfan Pathan Dhar, Rohini Prasad Shukla Mandla, Gita Sonwani Umaria, Bl Rohit Damoh, Tilak Ram Tripathi Sagar, Gopal Verma Ratlam, Mukam Singh Bhavar Dhar and lalji Tiwari Shahdol. The teachers standing first in state level symposium included Kalpana Parihar Badnawar and Pramod Gaur Khandwa were also felicitated. Chairman of Board of Secondary Education Devraj Birdi, Principal Secretary Tribal Welfare BR Naidu, Commissioner Tribal Welfare Shri Umakant Umrao, Commissioner Rajya Shiksha Kendra Rashmi Arun Shami, Commissioner Public Instructions SK Pal and students were present on the occasion.