On the occasion of Teachers Day, on 5th September 2014, Mr. Narendra Modi, the Honourable Prime Minister of India, addressed school-going children all over the country. Through video conferencing, children from Port Blair, Bhuj and even Assam could interact with the Prime Minister. In the history of India, this is the first time the prime minister has taken time to talk to children and help them out with their problems.
The event was held at Manekshaw Centre in the capital city, New Delhi. Smriti Irani, Human Resource minister accompanied sir in the interaction. The programme saw many children speaking on the importance of Teachers Day and why it is celebrated. In the end, Mr. Narendra Modi also said a few words which truly touched each students heart.
His main question was, why is teaching turning into a dying art? Nowadays, everyone wants to become a doctor, engineer or designer but no one wants to take up teaching as a career. Schools should try and teach students the importance of teaching and how noble it is as a profession. Nowadays with the coming of 24-hour television and internet, a child's life has no play. All he has time for is studying, watching television and spending time on his computer. Sir said that this is the time for children to be out in the sun and play, not sit and home all day! With the coming of technology, everything is at our fingertips. Search engines are always there if we need any help. But in Narendra Modi's words, searching on the internet are facts that are received by you, not knowledge. Knowledge can only come if you take the time to understand the person or thing you're looking for. Understand his life and what he has gone through in life and learn from him.
After his speech, the interaction session began and students from different parts of India asked many interesting questions to Sir. As a Prime Minister, Sir has taken a big step in getting to know the county's future citizens and has taken that extra time to talk to them. We can only hope that the tradition set by Sir continues and shines brighter in the years to come.
The event was held at Manekshaw Centre in the capital city, New Delhi. Smriti Irani, Human Resource minister accompanied sir in the interaction. The programme saw many children speaking on the importance of Teachers Day and why it is celebrated. In the end, Mr. Narendra Modi also said a few words which truly touched each students heart.
His main question was, why is teaching turning into a dying art? Nowadays, everyone wants to become a doctor, engineer or designer but no one wants to take up teaching as a career. Schools should try and teach students the importance of teaching and how noble it is as a profession. Nowadays with the coming of 24-hour television and internet, a child's life has no play. All he has time for is studying, watching television and spending time on his computer. Sir said that this is the time for children to be out in the sun and play, not sit and home all day! With the coming of technology, everything is at our fingertips. Search engines are always there if we need any help. But in Narendra Modi's words, searching on the internet are facts that are received by you, not knowledge. Knowledge can only come if you take the time to understand the person or thing you're looking for. Understand his life and what he has gone through in life and learn from him.
After his speech, the interaction session began and students from different parts of India asked many interesting questions to Sir. As a Prime Minister, Sir has taken a big step in getting to know the county's future citizens and has taken that extra time to talk to them. We can only hope that the tradition set by Sir continues and shines brighter in the years to come.
Dear Ananya,
ReplyDeleteExcellent writing. I found this piece a wonderful example of good journalistic, objective writing. Hope you were a reporter for several newspapers in the country summing it up so objectively!
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Meenakshi aunty