Every child born in this world could be referred to clay, as it could be molded in the desired shape. But, for a child to have a bright future everything depends on the environment the child is brought up in. Here the teacher plays a vital role in molding the child to be a better citizen of the country. They serve the students as a  ladder and guide them in accomplishing their dream by helping every child to recognize their strengths and weakness and work on them to evolve as a better person. 

A child tends to spend most of its time in school learning new things, thus, school is referred to as a second home and the teacher as a second mom. This is the importance of teachers in every person's life. The best moments of our lives are definitely our school days which has brought in a beautiful smile and cute tears on our face reminiscing that moments would bring in swapped emotions now. Celebrating teacher's day on September 5, let us have a look at a few finest teachers who has revolutionized the Indian education system and remain in our hearts till date.

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

On the occasion of teacher's day, how can we miss our exemplary teacher and former President Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. His passion for teaching career imposed him to say that instead of celebrating his birthday, it would be my proud privilege if 5th September is observed as Teacher's Day. That's how India got to celebrate teacher's day since 1962, to honor him and the teachers across the country. 

Radhakrishnan was a passionate teacher. He served as a teacher at Presidency College, Chennai, and Calcutta University and then went on to become a Vice-Chancellor of Andhra Pradesh University, Banaras Hindu University, and Delhi University. Radhakrishnan was also invited by Oxford to teach the subject "Eastern Religion and Ethics" and he taught there for 16 years. 

Savitribai Phule

Savitribai holds the pride of the first female teacher of India. She has played a vital role in enhancing women's rights in Indian proving to be the mother of feminism in India. In 1848, Savitribai with her husband Jyotirao Phule established one of the first Indian girl's schools in Pune. She fought against the caste and gender discrimination, for which she had to face a lot of criticism and humiliation. These instead of stopping her social work made her strong and determined to continue her work to educate the young Indians. Her struggles and story have lit the light for modern  Indian women's public life.

Omprakash Mishra

Omprakash is a national award-winning teacher, who has contributed a lot by performing several good deeds in his teaching career spanning over two decades. He introduced higher education to tribal students. Omprakash wrote 'Expreimento' that aided teachers replicate science experiments in the syllabus with locally available inexpensive materials. 

His words for teachers, “If you are a true teacher, there are three things you must keep in mind. Firstly, a good teacher is the one who reaches the level of the students to teach them, communicates easily, and simplifies the most complex concepts. Second, learning is not a one-way street. Be vibrant and connect your examples to real-life situations. Lastly, help them learn to live together. Values are important. Every student may or may not become a doctor, engineer, teacher, or class one officer. But they could become better individuals who respect and live in harmony if shown how to.” [Source: Thebetterindia]

Beula Gabriel

Only an ideal teacher could just do that. Yes! Beula Gabriel had sold her house to save her school. This the most maximum a teacher could do to continue her contribution to nurture young minds by providing quality education. She found St. Joseph's Secondary School 25 years ago in Hyderabad.  This school provides education to the first generation schoolgoers who have been prohibited by other schools. The students here are children of laborers, maids, and other people belonging to below the poverty line. 

The students get admitted here by just paying a token amount as fee and the education is free of cost. Apart from the nominal fee incurred on the students, the school gathers funds from the good souls of the society.