5 September – Celebrating Teachers Day 2024 – HAPPY TEACHERS DAY – remembering India’s most renowned teacher, Bharat Ratna – Shri Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Ji

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Greetings for the day 🙂 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL 🙂

Knowledge-Junction wishes to all – HAPPY TEACHERS DAY 2024 !

The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise. Enlightened human beings can be created by teacher – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Teaching is not a profession, a way of life – Our prime minister Shri Narendra Modi

Teachers’ Day celebration

The end-product of education should be a free creative man, who can battle against historical circumstances and adversities of nature. – Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

• Teachers Day is celebrated on September 5th in honor of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was a great teacher, philosopher, and the second President of India.
• Teachers Day has been celebrated in India since 1962. The first official Teachers Day was held on September 5, 1962, in honor of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
• When Dr. Radhakrishnan became the President, his students wanted to celebrate his birthday. However, he requested that instead of celebrating his birthday, they should observe September 5th as Teachers’ Day to honor all teachers.
• Since then, this day is celebrated across India with great enthusiasm.
• The celebration aimed to recognize and appreciate the contributions of teachers to the education and development of students and society as a whole.

BOOKS are the means by which we build bridges between cultures – Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishna

About Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves – Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

• Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on 5 September 1888 at Tartini in Tamil Nadu
• One of the most renowned writer in India
• Vice chancellor of Andhra University – 1931 – 1936
• Vice-Chancellor at Banaras Hindu University – 1949 – 1948
• He was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946.
• Chancellor at Delhi University – 1953 – 1962
• He served as the ambassador to UNESCO and later to Moscow
• Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was first vice president of India become in 1952. As a president he just accepted 2500 salary out of 10,000 and rest he donated to Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund every month
• Second president of India become in 1962.
• He is one of the founder of HelpAge India, a non-profit organization for elderly unprivileged in India.
• World Teachers’ Day is celebrated on every 5th of October because the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which set benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers, and standards for their preparation and continuing education.
• Students often organize events, perform skits, and express their gratitude through cards, gifts, and speeches. In some schools, senior students take on the role of teachers for the day, which adds a fun element to the celebration.

Teachers determination and sincerity will shape the destiny of the nation as they are laying the foundation and the building blocks of the society – Our prime minister Shri Narendra Modi

Awards Given To Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if 5 September is observed as Teachers’ Day – Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

• Bharat Ratana – highest civilian award in India – in 1954
• The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade – in 1961
• The Templeton prize for promoting the notion of “a universal reality of God that embraced love and wisdom for all people” – in 197. He donated his Templeton Prize money to the Oxford University.
• He was nominated for the Nobel Prize 27 times, including 16 times for literature and 11 times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
• He also got German Book Trade Peace Prize.
• In 1963, he was awarded with the Order of Merit award.

It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom. – Michael Morpurgo

Books By Dr. SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN

God is the soul of all souls – The Supreme Soul – The Supreme Consciousness – Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

• “Indian Philosophy”
• “The Reign of Religion in Contemporary Philosophy“
• “Eastern Religions and Western Thought”
• “The Hindu View of Life“
• “Religion and Society“
• “An Idealist View of Life“
• “The Principal Upanishads“
• “Recovery of Faith“

The main function of a university is not to grant degrees and diplomas but to develop the university spirit and advance learning. The former is impossible without corporate life, the latter without honours and post-graduate – Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Thank you 🙂 Life is beautiful 🙂

Have a Great Time Ahead 🙂🙂