Since 1962, India has been celebrating Teachers' Day on 5th September

as a symbol of tribute and honor to the contribution made by teachers to

the society. Respected among society, teachers have played an important
role in the overall development of a person. They are capable to influence
and mold a student's life positively. Every student celebrates this day to
encourage and support the contribution of his or her teacher. Children are
the country's future, hence they need to be positively nurtured and that is
done best by teachers as children get inspired by their teachers.
Teachers enlighten students and shape their career.The day marks as a
day of gratitude and respect to the selfless efforts of teachers. This day is
also celebrated to honor Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the great teacher,
academic philosopher and India's Second President as he was born on
the same day in 1888. Dr. Radhakrishnan was a strong supporter of
education. Instead of celebrating his birthday separately he requested to
observe the day as Teachers' Day to give honor to all the teachers in
India. This appeal demonstrated his love for the teaching profession and
since then 5th September is celebrated as Teachers' Day in India.
On the occasion of Teacher's day, various cultural programs and activities
take place in schools. Senior students dress up as teachers and take up
their roles, giving out lectures and teaching the students of primary level.
By doing so, the students get a hands-on experience and realize how it
feels to be a teacher. In some schools feasts are arranged and in some
reunions are organized between the old students and teachers. People call
up their childhood teachers and let them know that they are still
remembered, giving them immense happiness and appreciating them for all
that they did for them.Most students offer gifts like greeting cards, flowers,
chocolates, pens, show pieces, books, etc. to their teachers on this special
occasion. A gift reflects the love and respect for the teachers by their
students. Each one of us has been a student at some point of our lives,
therefore Teachers' Day should be celebrated by all of us and not just the
teachers and students alone.
n
India 5th September is celebrated as Teachers Day as a mark of tribute to
the contribution made by teachers to the society. 5th September is the
birthday of a great teacher Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was a
staunch believer of education, and was the well-known diplomat, scholar,
President of India and above all, a teacher. When some of his students and
friends approached him and requested him to allow them to celebrate his
birthday, he said, "instead of celebrating my birthday separately, it would
be my proud privilege, if 5th September is observed as Teachers day".
From then onwards, the 5th of September has been observed as Teachers
Day, in India. In the year 1965, some of the prominent students of Late Dr
S. Radhakrishnan organised a gathering to pay obeisance to that Great
Teacher of repute. In that gathering, in his speech Dr Radhakrishnan
expressed his deep reservation regarding his birth anniversary celebration,
and emphasised that his birth anniversary should be celebrated as
'Teachers Day', by paying homage to other Great Teachers of India and
Bangladesh. Since the year 1967, 5th September is celebrated as
Teacher's Day till date, as per the English calendar year. Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru, who was one of his closest friends throughout, said about Dr.
Radhakrishnan: "He has served his country in many capacities. But above
all, he is a great teacher from whom all of us have learnt much and will
continue to learn. It is India's peculiar privilege to have a great philosopher,
a great educationist and a great humanist as her President. That in itself
shows the kind of men we honour and respect."

SPEECH on TEACHERs DAY
Teachers day is observed to pay respect to the teachers of our country.
We also pay our respect to our own teachers. Teachers are regarded as
the back bone of our society. They have the greatest contribution to build
up the characters of students and help them to become ideal citizens of our
country.
The teachers teach students most carefully and sincerely and love them as
their own children. We owe them more than our parents. Our parents bring
us up and give us food and drink for our survival but teachers arouse our
hearts with light of knowledge and remove all sorts of ignorance.
The teachers inspire us to proceed forward, to build our ethics and prepare
us to withstand obstacles of our life. On this, teachers are honoured
through various functions and these functions are celebrated at every place
throughout the country. The government also pays respect to them by
giving different awards. On this day, we give them thanks and honour them
by saying, we are grateful to you dear teachers for all you do for us. We
must
I request every student to follow the advice of teachers and promise to be
the ideal and worthy men of India.