Apart from improving his social status the teacher should aim at arousing an awareness among the toiling masses and peasantry. This is possible mainly through non-formal and adult education centres including Total Literacy Campaigns. The teacher is the real custodian of values which he has to transmit to the students. The responsibility of training youth depends on teachers are parents. Teachers and students should keep away from active politics.
Teachers have to raise the tone of academic life.
Education institutions are temples of learning and they must be approached with reverence. Education to be meaningful should not only aim at the physical and mental growth of the individual but also take into account the needs and aspirations of a developing society. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan's birthday. When he chose to be a teacher, he was not allured by other professions. Nor was he even dimly aware of the accolades awaiting him.