The school children of Uttarakhand felt inspired after watching or listening Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address which he delivered on the eve of Teacher’s Day on Friday.
The schools of the State had made special arrangements for the speech and interaction of the Prime Minister on the day. Students listened with rapt attention as Modi went on with his ideas about teachers, the profession of teaching and education.
Purnima Bhati a class XII student of Rajiv Gandhi Navodaya Vidhyalaya, Raipur said that the Prime Minister’s advice that the parents should not impose their will on the students and instead let the children decide their future plans based on their interest was perfect.
Her classmate Vikas Negi said that he felt inspired by the comment of PM that there is no recipe for success but instead one should focus on his/ her plans and work dedicatedly to achieve this.
The kids of Government school located in remote and mountainous areas of the State also listened to the PM’s speech enthusiastically.
Most of the students in these schools listened to the programme on radio sets. Shivani Negi, a Class XII student of Government Inter College Mundeneshwar of Pauri district said that the PM’s speech was very encouraging and it is good for the students of the country that he interacts with them.
Divakar Kumar a class XI student of the same school said that as desired by the PM he takes out some time and teach a few poor students of village. Teachers too felt privileged that the PM has chosen the day to address the students.
K K Dimri, a lecturer at GIC Pipalkoti, Chamoli district said that the PM’s speech would help in resurrecting the image and respect of the teachers in the society. The Principal of R G Navodaya Vidhyalaya, R P Bamola said that the students and teaching fraternity of the country are positively mobilised by the speech of PM.