The priority which requires to be given to education, therefore, cannot be overemphasized. It is in this context that the role of the teacher assumes vital importance, perhaps, second only to that of parents. With love, compassion and understanding, the teacher encourages the mental, physical and spiritual development of the child. Indeed the secret of education lies in loving and respecting the pupils you are teaching. That enables children to discover their latent talents and creative energies thus leading to the full flowering of the personality of the child.
Teachers are role-models admired and looked upto by students.
All of us, through our own experience are deeply aware of the strong influence teachers have exercised on our lives. Besides the methods of and the approach to teaching have to be reconsidered. In Indian tradition we have never looked upon a teacher merely as a purveyor of information or knowledge. It has been stated in our tradition that education is that which liberates. There is the need to liberate the Indian mind from many shackles, from prejudices, superstitions, discriminations based on narrow considerations of caste, creed, and gender, and language, region and class.