The CBSE, which has 12 million students across 12,504 schools, including 1,002 Kendriya Vidyalayas, 1,944 government schools and 8,966 independent schools, had in its notice said that suitable arrangements will need to be made to enable children to stay from 2.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the school on September 5. (Down South, PM Modis Teachers Day Speech May Get Stuck in Language Barrier). PM Narendra Modi Ki Pathshala with Students on Teachers Day Today. PM Modi will address the students from 3 pm to 4.45 pm through satellite link and live telecast on Doordarshan and the human resource development ministry website. He will address about 1,000 students from various Delhi schools at the Manekshaw Auditorium in New Delhi, which will be broadcast live by all Doordarshan channels to over 18 lakh government and private schools in the country, as well on radio. Live streaming on the web would also be available. (Students from Delhi Schools to Attend PM Modis Teachers Day Event) PM Modi will also interact - through satellite link - with students at National Information Centres in Leh, Port Blair, Silchar (Assam), Imphal, Bhuj (Gujarat), Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) and Thiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu). (Jammu and Kashmir Students to Miss Prime Ministers Speech on Teachers Day) He will also take questions from some students across the country through video-conferencing. The practice has been in vogue in Gujarat where Mr Modi was Chief Minister for over a decade till he became Prime Minister after this years general elections. Though Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani has assured attendance of students in their schools would be completely voluntary, the exercise has kicked up controversy with many political parties and others questioned the timing of the address to students, which comes as PM Modi completes 100 days in office. After the HRD ministry made the announcement last week, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and state education departments sent notices to schools asking them to make necessary arrangements for children to view the prime ministers address. Many morning schools have changed their schedule on Friday to later in the day to accommodate this change and also asked the transport vehicles to adhere to the changed timing. Asked why PM Modi was holding such an event, a senior official told IANS: He is a man who likes to be in touch with all kinds of people. He sees children as the real future talent. (This School Will Test Students on PM Modis Teachers Day Speech) Source: ndtv/article/india/pm-narendra-modi-ki-pathshala-with-students-on-teachers-day-today-587032?curl=1409899271 #school #teachersday #India #teachers #education
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