Sonowal urges teachers to be role models for students

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday urged teachers to become role models for students and not to take their profession as a mere job but as a service to the society.
“A teacher’s job is not merely to produce successful students but they have a responsibility to create good human beings with high moral integrity,” the chief minister said while launching the ‘Lakshya’ programme in Dibrugarh district.
An initiative of Dibrugarh district administration, ‘Lakshya’ aims at making the learning process easier and more attractive by utilizing online academic resources, digital classroom etc.
The state government was striving to develop a smart education system and for that the teachers must upgrade their skills with modern methodologies to instill an innovative thinking process in students, he said.
Sonowal also urged teachers to perform the role of a friend, philosopher and guide to the students and urged them not to confine their role within the walls of academic institutions alone. He asked them to inculcate good hygiene practice among students.
‘Spiritual orientation’
Sonowal also advocated spiritual orientation for youths so that they are guided to lead a disciplined life. “Spiritual institutions could energise the youth by imparting teachings that will give purpose to life and guide people to serve society with deep sense of social responsibility,” Sonowal said on Sunday.
The estimated cost of construction of the auditorium would be Rs one crore and will be covered by under the Chief Minister’s Untied Fund for 2016-17. Parents and teachers were the two most powerful forces who shaped the future of youths and they should play an active role in creating a just and upright society, he said.
Sonowal also stressed on the need for imparting moral education to the youth to develop them as ideal human being.
He also pointed out that the state government has taken up various initiatives for conservation and development of the Satras that gave a distinct identity to Assamese culture. (PTI)