New Delhi: A schoolteacher from Koraput, Pabitra Mohan Dash, Thursday, conferred National Award by President Ram Nath Kovind for his meritorious service at a function held at Vigyaan Bhawan here on the occasion of Teachers’ Day.
Dash, a teacher at Project Upper Primary School Khataluguda, Borigumma in Koraput district is among the 46 meritorious teachers honored by the President.
During the ceremony, the President said that strong foundations of character-building are laid in schools.
“The main objective of education is to make the student a good human-being. And teachers do so by instilling honesty, discipline and integrity in their students. A good human-being who possess these values will prove to be good in each and every sphere. By ensuring that their students become good human beings, teachers contribute in the nation-building process,” said the President.
The President also said that along with knowledge, it is also necessary to have a conscience. Only when knowledge is combined with wisdom, it can solve human problems. He urged the teachers to build a new generation that is full of knowledge and wisdom, so that it can successfully address all the contemporary challenges.
“Teachers can contribute significantly in the national campaign of water conservation by instilling the importance of water conservation in students,” Kovind said.
Among the dignitaries present on the occasion were Union Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, and Minister of State for Human Resource Development Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre.