Teachers’ Day is observed on 5 September every year to mark the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was a philosopher and a teacher. He was born on 5 September, 1888.
The birth date of the second President of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 5 September 1888, has been celebrated as Teacher’s Day since 1962.
According to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, “Teachers should be the best minds in the country”.
Teacher’s Day Celebration
Dear students
Online competitions for students from 9AM to 10 AM will be conducted .
THE FOLLOWING COMPETITIONS TO BE CONDUCTED:
Class 2 to 5: Online Drawing and Painting competition
Class 6 to 7: Slogan writing competition
Class 8 to 10: Poster making competition
Class 11 and 12: Essay writing Competition
All the students have to participate.
The best 3 participants will be given prizes.
Who was Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan?
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born in the year 1888 in a middle-class Telugu Brahmin family in the Madras Presidency, British India (now in Tamil Nadu, India). He was the second son of Veera Samayya, a tehsildar in a zamindari. He had done his Post Graduation in Philosophy subject from Madras University and he wrote a thesis in M.A namely “The Ethics of the Vedanta and its Metaphysical Presuppositions”, in which he had told that the Vedanta System has ethics value.
In one of his major works he also showed that Indian philosophy, once translated into standard academic jargon, is worthy of being called philosophy by western standards. And so, he had earned lots of respect in Indian philosophy. He was also nominated to the League of Nations Committee for International Cooperation in 1931. And in 1947 when India became Independent, Dr. Radhakrishnan represented India at UNESCO and from 1949 to 1952 he was the Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union. He was elected to the Constituent Assembly of India and later became the first Vice-President and finally the President of India from 1962-67. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1954 and in his memory, the University of Oxford instituted the Radhakrishnan Chevening Scholarships and the Radhakrishnan Memorial Award. He had also received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in 1961.
Amazing thing is that he was a very humble person. When he became the President of India, Rashtrapati Bhavan was open for everyone and people from all the sections of the society can meet him. Do you know that he had accepted only Rs 2500 out of Rs 10,000 salary and donated the remaining amount to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund every month? Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan passed away on 17 April, 1975.
On this day, students look forward with a lot of anticipation, for the sheer spirit of the occasion. Acting as teachers, they get a fair idea of the responsibility, so efficiently burdened by their teachers.
They bring gifts for their most admired teachers as well. It is an equally special day for teachers, as they get to know how much they are liked and appreciated by their students.
Read Biography of Dr. Servapally Radhakrishnan( E-Book pdf)- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eODHPMnStaT4jxxufmdHmaNfRBu_JTFS/view?usp=drivesdk
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