The Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly, Prem Chand Agarwal, has said that the teachers play an important role in shaping the society and an educated society ensures bright future of the nation. He was addressing a felicitation ceremony organised by the Junior High School Shikshak Sangh (JHSSS) at Town Hall of Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) here on Thursday. The Speaker said that a true teacher never retires. During his service period, the teacher educates the children to make them suitable for everything and after superannuation, he promotes the harmony in the society with his knowledge and vast experience giving a new direction to the society in the process, he said.
The speaker added that while children are future of the nation and teachers are its protectors. He said that the society should learn from the experience of the retired teachers.
Speaking on the occasion, the Education Minister Arvind Pandey said that remembering the role of teachers in nation building and felicitating them is an exemplary thing.
He said that a teacher renders his entire life for the society and giving a new direction to the nation. “It is only the teachers who provide the nation actors, leaders and good citizens,’’ he said.
In the programme, the retired teachers were honoured by the speaker and education minister by handing them over memorabilia. The leaders of JHSSS also handed over a set of demands to the Minister on the occasion.
The Chief Education Officer (CEO) of Dehradun, Asha Rani Painyuli, state president of JHSSS, Vinod Thapa, state general secretary Rajendra Bahuguna, treasurer Satish Ghildiyal and large number of teachers attended the programme.