PRESIDENT OF INDIA CONFERS NATIONAL AWARDS ON TEACHERS

The President of India conferred National Awards on teachers from across the country in New Delhi on Teachers' Day. Highlighting education as the most effective means to realize the constitutional ideal of equality of opportunity, the President noted that primary school dropout rates have become negligible through teachers' efforts. The address emphasized the foundational role of school education, the importance of imparting moral conduct in early grades, and the special responsibilities teachers hold toward disadvantaged, first-generation, and special-needs learners. Furthermore, the President underscored the national priorities of academic excellence, skill development, and entrepreneurship to transform India into a knowledge superpower and the skill capital of the world in pursuit of a Viksit Bharat.