Zeeshan Rasool Khan

                                                                           If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make difference: The Father, The Mother and The Teacher, says APJ Abdul Kalam Azad. Role of teacher in a nation is something that can’t be underestimated. Teacher is responsible for construction of nation. The future of any nation is dependent on its youth and it is the teacher that builds this future by nourishing individual’s soul, by shaping its character, caliber and future-bedrock for nation’s progress and development . Every civilized nation reveres a teacher for his/her importance in the society. In countries like China, UK, USA, Turkey, Egypt, Greece etc teachers are valued more. Teachers enjoy great respect and are equated to doctors in china. In china parents encourage their children to become teachers and interestingly, in many of above countries, most paid

Commemoration in general is celebration in which tributes are paid to a person for his contribution towards society, community, country or world. Also in commemoration the events of significance are remembered. Commemorating special occasions creates sense of community, inculcates sense of meaning and adds exhilaration to our lives. However we often miss the point in commemoration i.e., the essence of remembering __commitment of adherence to the person’s mission or event’s significance. Commemoration has been confined to a formality having no real importance. For instance, we celebrate Mother’s day but concurrently their number in old age homes grows with time. Valentine’s Day is commemorated but we also fail to provide dignified life to women. We celebrate Ghandi Jyanti and Qaid day in subcontinent but are averse to act upon their message. Likewise on 10 th December we celebrated Human rights day round the globe to mark the day United Nations General Assembly adopted the Univer

Concept of education evolved centuries ago in Indian sub-continent. With the passage of time people realized importance of education that is now viewed as the premise of progress, in every society and in every family. Earlier home was the only place of educating the children and parents were teachers. However with increasing engagements in their daily life, there was shift in education center from homes to local religious seminaries and finally to present educational institutes - schools. But from last several years we are observing another major transition with regard to education that is: mushrooming of coaching/tuition centers. Just like other necessary institutes such as bank, health care center, consumer affairs office etc., to have a coaching center in every locality is considered as necessity despite having many schools. From past few years there has been dramatic increase in their number. The surprising thing is that these coaching centers witness persistent flux of students.