President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday asked the country’s teachers to instil tolerance and pluralism among their students on Teacher’s Day—the birth anniversary of former president and a prominent philosopher Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. Mukherjee’s message assumes significance in the backdrop of rising cases of intolerance and tendency of fringe elements to dictate lifestyle lessons to others. “Teachers should instill in children civilizational values of sacrifice, tolerance, pluralism, understanding & compassion,” the President wrote on Twitter on Monday. President Mukherjee also interacted with and conducted a class for students of Dr Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya located inside the Rashtrapati Bhawan on the occasion. He was also the Spalding professor of eastern religion and ethics at the University of Oxford between 1936 and 1952.

Source: Hindustan Times September 05, 2016 06:33 UTC