Teachers Day, which falls over the weekend and generally a holiday in
schools, was commemorated both by Mukherjee and PM Modi, in separate
functions, to an audience of school children in Delhi.
For a few hours, President Pranab Mukherjee traded his constitutional metier for a teacher's and took an hour-long class, peppered with personal anecdotes, on India's constitution
President Pranab Mukherjee's lecture on political science to high school students at the Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, may be the 1st time that a sitting President deigned to teach school children.
President Mukherjee class--broadcast live on his website and Doordarshan--touched upon his forays as a college professor and journalist before becoming joining politics in 1969. From sharing political science "as he has seen it", to revealing to the students that he was a "naughty child" and that it was his "mother who pushed him to work hard", the President's "class" was fully entertaining. But he also touched upon important topics by saying how lucky the Indians were now, by saying, "For the first time through this Constitution, we have the right to make our own laws."
"If you feel bored, please feel free to tell me. I am not Minister or President today. I am your Mukherjee sir. I will be very happy if you call me that," President Mukherjee insisted
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's interaction with over 800 students and 60 teachers from various schools in New Delhi along with students from across the country who had excelled in various activities, was low on theory and loaded towards explaining the significance of teachers to national development
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also answered several questions posed by students present at the
event quite candidly. From discussing his favourite food to saying that
he liked to play kabaddi, swim and yoga as a young man, Modi spoke a
lot about his personal likes and dislikes as well as his professional
life
Note
September 5, the birth anniversary of India's second President and philosopher S Radhakrishnan is celebrated as Teachers' Day every year
For a few hours, President Pranab Mukherjee traded his constitutional metier for a teacher's and took an hour-long class, peppered with personal anecdotes, on India's constitution
President Pranab Mukherjee's lecture on political science to high school students at the Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, may be the 1st time that a sitting President deigned to teach school children.
President Mukherjee class--broadcast live on his website and Doordarshan--touched upon his forays as a college professor and journalist before becoming joining politics in 1969. From sharing political science "as he has seen it", to revealing to the students that he was a "naughty child" and that it was his "mother who pushed him to work hard", the President's "class" was fully entertaining. But he also touched upon important topics by saying how lucky the Indians were now, by saying, "For the first time through this Constitution, we have the right to make our own laws."
"If you feel bored, please feel free to tell me. I am not Minister or President today. I am your Mukherjee sir. I will be very happy if you call me that," President Mukherjee insisted
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's interaction with over 800 students and 60 teachers from various schools in New Delhi along with students from across the country who had excelled in various activities, was low on theory and loaded towards explaining the significance of teachers to national development
Note
September 5, the birth anniversary of India's second President and philosopher S Radhakrishnan is celebrated as Teachers' Day every year
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