The teachers should work in the direction of creating scientific temper and spirit of inquiry among students, said the Governor of Uttarakhand Dr KK Paul while addressing a programme organised to commemorate 52 foundation day of Kendriya Vidhyalaya Sangathan (KVS) here on Tuesday.
He said such an environment should be created in schools which is conducive for nourishing the originality and imagination of students and inculcating the values and traditions of India in them.
“Teachers are role models and they leave an everlasting impact on the personality of the students. The conduct of teachers, within the school and outside, should therefore be such which could inspire students to emulate it,” said the Governor.
The Governor called upon the schools to focus on skill development courses which are in sync with the ‘Prime Minister’s Skill India Programme’. He said that there are some students in the schools who could not take up higher education and if the schools start skill development programe these students can start some venture for their earnings.
On the occasion some meritorious teachers of the KVS Dehradun region were given incentive awards. The Governor said that honouring and respecting teachers is a glorious tradition of our country as teachers are dedicated towards building the character of students. Congratulating the teachers who received the awards, the Governor said that education imparted at Kendriya Vidyalayas had always maintained a good standard.
In the teaching category the Principal of KV, FRI Dehradun was presented incentive award. In the PGT section the teachers of KV, ONGC, Prabha Singh and Nirupama bagged the honours.
In TGT section Vijay Kumar Sharma of KV Raiwala, Ashok Kumar Ojha of KV, Pithoragarh and Jyoti Joshi of KV, NHPC, Banbasa were felicitated on the occasion. In the PRT section Afreen Rabbani of KV, ONGC, Uma Bhatnagar of KV, FRI, Kali Ram of KV, Sarsawa and leelawati Pandey of KV, Haldwani were honored with the incentive awards. In the Non teaching category, D P Uniyal of KV, New Tehri and Mohan Kumar Rasaily KV, Hathibarkala were awarded.