New Delhi: Indian President Ram Nath Kovind conferred National Awards on 47 teachers from across the country on September 05 on the occasion of teacher’s day. This is the first ever awards ceremony held virtually. He congratulated the winners of the award and appreciated the steps taken by the teachers in order to improve school education qualitatively. The national award winners in the country are 40% women teachers and appreciated the role women have played as educators.

Ram Nath Kovind paid tributes to Radha Krishnan and said that he was a visionary, statesman and most significantly an extraordinary teacher. Celebrating his birthday as teacher’s day is a mere token for the services he had rendered towards the development of the nation.  It also a mark of respect to the educators, he said.

Emphasizing on the importance of digital technology in challenging times of Covid-19 pandemic, President Kovind said that our teachers are taking the help of this technology to reach out to the children. Applauding the skills of teachers in shifting to this new technology driven teaching, he said that it is important for all teachers “to upgrade and update” their skills in the field of digital technology so as to make education more effective and also make the students conversant with the new techniques. The Union Minister for Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ delivered the welcome address while the Minister of State for Education, Sanjay Dhotre gave the Vote of Thanks.