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Teachers are ‘frontline nation-builders’, says President Murmu at awards event

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  • President Droupadi Murmu called teachers “frontline nation-builders” while presenting the National Teachers Awards at Vigyan Bhawan.
  • She urged educators to nurture curiosity, character, confidence and sensitivity, especially among disadvantaged and first-generation learners.
  • The awards recognized 82 educators from schools, higher education, polytechnics and skills training across India.

President Droupadi Murmu described teachers as “frontline nation-builders” as she presented this year’s National Teachers Awards at Vigyan Bhawan, emphasizing their responsibility to shape students’ curiosity, character, confidence and sensitivity.

frontline nation-builders

· Droupadi MurmuThe President used the phrase to describe teachers’ role in shaping students and contributing to national development.

Murmu congratulated the 82 awardees, who include 48 school teachers, 21 teachers and faculty members from higher educational institutions and polytechnics, and 13 skill trainers from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. The recipients come from across India, including Ladakh, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh and Gujarat.

The President noted that many awardees teach in village schools and said their methods could encourage other educators to pursue excellence. She also highlighted the importance of recognizing teachers across school education, higher education, technical institutions and skills training, linking academic excellence, skill development and entrepreneurship to India’s ambition of becoming a “knowledge super-power” and the “skill capital of the world.”

knowledge super-power

· Droupadi MurmuMurmu linked education and skills to India’s development ambitions.

Murmu cited education pioneers including Savitribai Phule, Rabindranath Tagore and Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das. She referred to Tagore’s Shantiniketan and Gopabandhu Das’s “Van Vidyalaya”, or open-air school, as examples of learning in natural surroundings. She also invoked historic institutions such as Nalanda and Vikramashila and recalled how C.V. Raman encouraged students to question and explore modern physics.

skill capital of the world

· Droupadi MurmuShe cited skills development and entrepreneurship as important to India’s national goals.

She gave particular emphasis to students from economically weaker families, first-generation learners, shy students, those lacking confidence and children with special needs. Teachers, she said, can give such students confidence and help them move forward. Murmu called education the most effective means of turning the constitutional ideal of “equality of opportunity” into reality and credited teachers with helping reduce the primary school dropout rate over the past 12 years.

equality of opportunity

· Droupadi MurmuShe described education as the most effective way to realize this constitutional ideal.
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