Stressing on closing the gap in literacy levels of males and females, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said nothing is more saddening than the sight of a girl child being denied education.
“I take this opportunity to reiterate the motto that all for knowledge and knowledge for all,” the President said on the occasion of Teachers’ Day. Underlining the need to fine tune course curriculum and adopt current methodologies to create relevant and effective approaches to teaching, he called for developing systems for continuous assessment of quality of education. He went on to say the goal should be ‘All for Knowledge and Knowledge for All’.
Mukherjee said participation of the teaching community and parents would be essential in this process. He presented national awards to 355 teachers from various States teaching in CBSE schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas, among others. 177 primary schoolteachers and 140 secondary schoolteachers were felicitated along with six teachers in Sanskrit and four from madarsas. Each award consists of Rs 25,000 cash, a certificate of merit and a silver medal.
HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju said that a National Mission on Teachers and Teaching is proposed to be initiated soon to address, current and urgent issues such as supply of qualified teachers, attracting talent into teaching profession and raising the quality of teaching.