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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicTeachers Day

Topic: Teachers Day

SubscriberWrites: An ode to teaching

Knowledge and the ability to take along the weakest student in the class and using reprimand that is more salutary than condescending are the hallmarks of a good teacher.

‘Nothing vindictive,’ says Karnataka govt on withholding award to teacher who barred hijab-clad students

Udupi's Government PU College had, under principal BG Ramakrishna, shut the gates on hijab-clad female students in 2022 citing dress code violation, sparking a nationwide uproar.

‘14,500 schools to be developed & upgraded under PM-SHRI Yojana,’ says Modi

On the occasion of Teacher's Day, PM Modi said these will be developed into model schools, encapsulating the full spirit of the new National Education Policy.

Covid shut schools, but teachers making sure learning is not stopped

Covid or not, teachers will continue to be the backbone of all education systems, and we should unequivocally support them.

Concerned about child’s online classes? First worry about how teachers are coping with Covid

On Teachers' Day, we must acknowledge the mental health burden on teachers working doubly hard to sustain momentum, learn new technologies & engage students from home.

Gulzar’s Parichay showed us how love could be a better teacher than fear

Parichay, starring Jeetendra & Jaya Bhaduri, teaches us, in its own simple way, that children need love & encouragement to become confident and grow into kind adults.

Savitribai Phule’s birth anniversary was once mooted to be India’s second Teacher’s Day

A proposal to mark social reformer Savitribai Phule’s birth anniversary as second Teacher’s Day is in limbo.  

I’m a journalist today because my teachers believed in me

When I look at the current fate of teachers in India, it saddens me. Having spent the early years of my life in a small...

On Teachers’ Day, teachers say the days of respect are long gone

It has become a constant fear among teachers that they will be blamed for ‘every little thing’ that happens to a child.

The ‘teacher’ people are sacrificing their brain for, and a plane ride to the local market

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint. The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or...

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.