Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the teachers of the country to bring out inherent strength and talents from within the students. Modi said this during his interaction with the recipients of National Teachers’ Awards and on the occasion he congratulated the national awardees for their efforts towards improving the quality of education in the country.
Modi commended their dedication towards education and for making it their “life mantra”. He said a teacher remains a teacher throughout his or her life.
During the interaction, Modi urged the awardees to mobilise the community and to make them an integral part of school development. He also exhorted the teachers to work towards bringing out the inherent strength of students, especially those from poor and rural background.
The Prime Minister said the educators should work towards removing disconnect between the teachers and the students, so that teachers are remembered by the students throughout their lives. He also encouraged the teachers to digitally transform their schools and its neighbourhood.
During the interaction with the Prime Minister, the awardees narrated their stories in transforming their schools into centres of learning and excellence. They also thanked the Prime Minister for the new online nomination process and for schemes such as Digital India, which is bringing a big qualitative change in school education throughout the country.
This year, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has revised the guidelines for the selection of teachers for National Awards. The new scheme envisages self-nomination and was inspired by recent innovations in major national awards. The scheme is transparent, fair, and rewards demonstrated excellence and performance, the statement pointed out. The teachers will be conferred the award for 2017 on Wednesday.