Paying respect and showing gratitude to teachers, Lions Club of Bokaro Thermal, in collaboration with Disha coaching centre (run by Lions club) organised several programmes to celebrate Teacher's Day at Bokaro Club, BTPS on Wednesday. DVC, Chief engineer and Project head Kamlesh Kumar was the Chief Guest on the occasion.
On the occasion, Club president UK Nair said that the Teachers' Day is being celebrated across the nation on September 5 to commemorate the birth anniversary of former President and eminent scholar Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan, who believed that teachers should be the best minds in the country. Since 1962, his birthday is celebrated in India as Teachers' Day on 5 September added Nair.
Variety of programmes, including Saraswati vandana and welcome song performed by students of Disha on the occasion. PK Singh and B Laxaminh welcoming all the guests gave a brief introduction about why Teachers' Day is celebrated. They recalled that the birthday of former President S Radhakrishnan, a teacher himself, is being celebrated as Teachers' Day.
The programme jointly started by lighting the lamp by the Chief Guest Kamlesh Kumar, PK Singh, UK Nair, Yogendra Giri, B Laxaminih and SB Singh. Chief Guest, Kamlesh Kumar extended his Teacher's Day greetings, expressing his desire that they should create a knowledge based society for the benefit of the region.
"Teaching job involves inculcating discipline, instilling self-confidence, determination and general knowledge in students. It is one of the noblest professions if you do with dedication. I wish that the teachers who do this special job create a knowledge-based society that will bring laurels to the region," he said in his Teachers' Day greetings, Kumar added.
G.P.Singh,Sunil Prasad,Sama Praveen,Deonil Karn also extended their greetings and said, “It is the day when students honour the teachers for their immense contribution to the region and the community.”
The relation between the student and teacher should be exemplary like in the olden days as Guru and shishya. Students should respect their teachers and obey them. The position of the teacher is very high and it cannot be bought by money and it is believed that student who respects their teacher gets good knowledge. Teacher should be active, if teachers are active than school will definitely progress, they added.