Teacher's Day politics!

What they say and what they think

It’s on the eve of Teacher’s Day that politics is playing a dominant role in education sector. While Teacher’s day is celebrated to mark d birth anniversary of India’s first Vice President n a renowned teacher Dr.Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. It was his wish that let his birth day be celebrated as Shikshak Din which is now translated into English as Teacher’s Day. Now recently HRD Ministry along with CBSE conducted an essay competition along with others and named d celebration GURU UTSAV. Is anything wrong in the name? Guru i.e. the person who inspires the student to Grow Higher in Life is what the Indian Culture says , but it seems that we are more comfortable to be a teacher i.e. the one who teaches! The one who teaches is more comfortable to b adapted that the one who inspires to grow high in life! Apathy of the situation is that today our politicians n our elite grp (so called secular English media persons) are thinking that it’s a shame to adopt d word GURU but it’s excellent to adopt d western culture n it’s teachings n hence we take more pride at calling it a Teacher’s Day rather than calling it a Shikshak Din. No issue but this shows d sick mentality n blindness of some politicians’ n some elites.

Teacher’s Day marks a celebration n joy among students as they imitate their teacher’s n this act of then shows their deep respect towards their teachers. Teachers’ are d role model of d students , they like to follow them in every respect. But today Teachers’ have become more of teachers n less of a GURU. It has many reasons behind it I may not be discussing them here.  Coming back to the moot point, this year too there is a sense of gr8 joy among students for celebrations of Teacher’s day but it has something special this time. Recently, after a decade of mal governance n absent PMO, this year on May 26^th 2014 India got a Prime Minister who is active, has a vision, and is eager to do something for the country through a powerful PMO and some ppl r even calling it Centralisation of Power. No issue again as its almost after many ,many, many years that India is seeing a PM who thinks n acts  like a PM N hence there may be a  problem of indigestion that there can be a powerful PM without 10 Janpath. I should not be saying this but cannot hold myself back as this is d public opinion not mine!  Again back to point, the special thing is that this very PM who has become a LEADER in true sense in d eyes of young and is a Super Hero for them ( interestingly he is apart from Superman, Spiderman, Batman n whole lot of man’s as this is d first time in history of India that a PM is regarded by the young as their Super Hero) is going to speak to them n the teachers throughout the country. Nothing wrong I suppose as a PM has a right to talk to d students n teachers who actually account for the coming generations in India.

Problem starts here, some political parties or d whole of so called opposition for that sake is giving statements condemning this move by the PM. Why? Because they say that this is a politically motivated move n children should be kept away from politics. Kept away from politics! Then why did Rahul Gandhi visited d schools  in Amethi? Why is CM Hooda  is also there to speak to children? Its amazing to note that the so called opposition is speaking a word on CM Hooda, no word on congress or any party leaders attending school functions but is accusing d PM of politicising d issue. Not speaking for PM here but I am trying a bit to expose d double standards of d political parties. Why is PM condemned so badly as if these ppl are sure that PM is going to speak of politics and his governments’ achievements in last 100  days! If they r sure about it and have proofs wid them then the speech must be condemned undoubtedly. But let the PM speak , Let him talk to the young generation , let him get interacted wid students who may ask him questions regarding d position of India today! Then all d world knows that U r to criticize him fully! But I m forgetting a fact; this is India and everything needs to be politicised here.

These ppl r giving hopeless statements including some school managements are angry wid this decisions. Point to be noted thet d Delhi schools opposing this move in some or d other way r connected in past or present wid Congress n hence r bound to oppose this move. J&K schools r obvious to oppose but has anyone of them ask d teachers at grass root level n students in particular? No. Do they know wht r students thinking on this? No. Do they have any idea about the students take on this issue? No. Every question has a negative answer! Now question stands who is politicising d issue?  PM or so called opposition parties? Let the answer be wid u!

Today I had a  gr8 opportunity to talk to some students of 8^th , 9^th, 10^th. I asked them their take on this issue. What came as an answer was quite surprising to me. They said, I repeat , They said it (not me) that they wish to hear what PM wishes to say. They wish to listen what PM is trying to tell them. They wish to give a patient ear to what is PM’s message to them. And if d schools are opposing this move then they are not doing good as the schools r depriving them to listen to their Leader n his packet of thought n messages! This was the view of students not mine! This was d view of young not mine! I may make a point here that this is for the first time that a PM is about to address students, teachers n get interactive wid them .

Finally I would like to end up by saying that its d prerogative of d PM to talk to students at large or not and its a sole prerogative of students, teachers, and parents whether to listen to him or not and WE in general along wid politicians n elites have no right to say anything in this regard. Let the issue rest wid the two!

And now to all MY teachers who in some or the other way helped me n encouraged me to be wht I m today , to all of them out there

MY SINCERE THANKS N PRANAM on the occasion of Shikshak Din!