The Junior Red Cross wing of the Indian Red Cross Society, State Branch (IRCS-OSB) observed the Teacher’s Day at the Red Cross Bhavan here on Friday. Several teachers-cum-junior Red Cross counsellors from different schools of Bhubaneswar, Rajsunakhala and Cuttack participated in the programme.
Inaugurating the programme, Board of Secondary Education Director Sanatan Mallik stressed that education is more important than qualification. Thus, counsellors and teachers should play a vital role in building socially responsible persons in the society. “The Humanitarian Service should be included in the academic syllabus of every faculty,” he added.
Presiding over the programme, Junior Red Cross Secretary Dr Chakradhar Panda highlighted the life history of Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan and later spoke on the selfless service and dedication of the JRC counsellors and teachers to the society through humanitarian principles of Red Cross.
The teachers were felicitated by the chief guest in the meeting for their humanitarian services through the Junior Red Cross in schools. Among others, JRC Joint Secretary Govinda Chandra Mahunta and IRCS-OSB Under Secretary Apramita Mishra spoke.