President Droupadi Murmu on Monday conferred national awards on 45 teachers from across the country at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, on Teachers’ Day.
Marking the occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced development and upgradation of 14,500 schools cross India under the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India (PM-SHRI) Yojana. The PM-SHRI schools are to have a modern, transformational and holistic method of imparting education. Mr. Modi said PM-SHRI schools would further benefit lakhs of students across India in the spirit of National Education Policy (NEP).
The President remembered her teachers and said it was the strength of the guidance of her family and teachers that helped her to become the first daughter of her village to attend college. She said she always felt indebted to her teachers for whatever she had achieved in life.
