Teachers’ Day 2016: Who said What; Narendra Modi, Pranab Mukherjee pay tribute to Dr S Radhakrishnan, educators

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Teachers' Day 2016: Today is Teachers' Day and everyone remembers and honours their teachers in mind or in the institution they are studying in. This is also the auspicious day of Ganesh Chaturthi. To kick off the occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to the first Vice President and second President of India, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, after whom the day is dedicated – he was a great scholar and statesman and his birth anniversary is celebrated as Teachers' Day across India. Dr Radhakrishnan was scholar of comparative religion and held the King George 5th Chair of Mental and Moral Science, University of Calcutta and Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics, University of Oxford. President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee too paid his respects. (PHOTO- PTI)

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Teachers' Day 2016: A statement released by the government said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has saluted the dedication and commitment of all the teachers on Teachers' Day. Prime Minister has also paid his tributes to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the Former President of India". (Photo – PTI)

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Teachers' Day 2016: Prime Minister Narendra Modi may well have been in Hangzhou, China, for the G20 meet, where he is busy meeting various heads of state like US President Barack Obama and President of China Xi Jinping, others, he still took time out to post this tweet, "Happy Teachers Day! India salutes the dedication and commitment of all teachers, whose role in nation building is paramount. " (Photo – PTI)

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Teachers' Day 2016: PM Narendra Modi went on to add, "Tributes to Dr S Radhakrishnan, a scholar, statesman and a respected teacher who shaped many minds and served India. How has your teacher influenced you? Share your anecdote and read what many others have written about their teachers". (Photo – PTI)

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Teachers' Day 2016: In the same vein President Pranab Mukherjee, who was himself a teacher once in the beginning of his career, said that this is an occasion when "we recognise the dedicated services of the teachers of our nation". President called on the teaching community to imbibe technology in imparting education. President said teachers should instill in children civilisational values of sacrifice, tolerance, pluralism, understanding and compassion.” (Photo – PTI)

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Teachers' Day 2016: Taking to Twitter, President Pranab Mukherjee said, "Inspired teachers are the building blocks of a good education system. An inspired teacher links the individual goals of the students to the societal and national goals" (Photo – PTI)