CMS teachers awarded with prizes worth Rs. 51 lakhs

A grand ‘Felicitation Ceremony of the dutiful and excellent teachers of City Montessori School was organized at CMS Kanpur Road auditorium. On this occasion, over 2000 teachers and Principals of all CMS Campuses and workers of CMS were felicitated with cash prizes and other useful gifts worth Rs. 51 lakhs and certificates and medals and honoured in traditional gowns. Main attraction of the ceremony had been the honouring of the parents of great teachers on the occasion. The mothers of these great teachers were weighed in fruits and flowers and their fathers were gifted Shawls. Earlier the ceremony began with colourful educational cultural items presented by CMS teachers. Chief Guest Mr Rajiv Aggarwal, IAS, Vice Chairman, Lucknow Development Authority garlanded the portrait of the great teacher, thinker and former President of India, Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan and lit the lamp of learning. On the occasion, the wife of Mr Rajiv Aggarwal, IAS, Mrs Aarti Aggarwal had been the Guest of Honour.
Chief Guest, Mr Rajiv Aggarwal, IAS, VC, LDA said on this occasion that it is the need of the hour that our teachers take inspiration from the thoughts of our great teacher Dr Radhakrishnan and follow them. True education consists of shaping the total personality and life of the students instead of only giving academic knowledge to them. He praised the teachers for their commendable works. Teachers are above God as they only can show us the God, he said. He compared teachers will ‘ghee’ in carthen lamp who burn themselves to enlighten their students. He was all praises for CMS teachers and said that he is happy that CMS teachers inculcate the thoughts of World Peace, World Unity and Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam.
In this grand ceremony, the Best CMS teacher declared for the year 2010-11 in ISC Section, Ms Niti Tandon, CMS Gomti Nagar campus and the best teacher declared in ICSE Section, Ms Tripti Saxena, CMS Gomti Nagar campus were awarded the cheques of Rs. 33,231/- and Rs. 23,685/- respectively and their mothers were weighted in fruits and flowers. Main attraction of the ceremony had been the felicitation of former CMS Principals and former students who worked with utter dedication and devotion to take CMS at such high position.
Besides this, the Principals of various CMS campuses which had organized international level competitions and the students and teachers who had excelled in these competitions were honoured, Principals and teachers who had brought laurels to India and represented the country in events held abroad were also felicitated. All the teachers and staff members of the CMS family were honoured and recognized for their outstanding services.
Earlier, the programme began with the All Religion and World Peace Prayer Ceremony. On this occasion, teachers presented several educational cultural items and also put up an excellent World Parliament in which they discussed the burning issues of global importance suggesting peaceful solutions to solve their problems. A multimedia presentation further enlightened the minds of the audience and sensitized them on their role as moulders of character of the future generation. In the speech contest for teachers, thoughts were expressed on ‘Growing Criminality in children and the Role of Teachers’. Earlier, the Head of CMS Quality Assurance and Innovation Department, Ms Susmita Basu welcomed the teachers and all the distinguished guests.
Addressing the august gathering of educationists and teachers, the CMS Founder and renowned educationist Dr Jagdish Gandhi expressed his profound gratitude towards all the dedicated teachers and gave credit for success of the institution to the hard work of Principals and teachers. He called on to the teaching community to use their teaching abilities for building the character of children, implanting  noble ideas in their receptive minds and being role models for them. He said that it was the duty of teachers to educate the children about ‘Progressively Revealed Religion’ so that the feelings of World Brotherhood may be inculcated in them. Dr Gandhi asked the teachers to seek inspiration from the thoughts of Dr S. Radhakrishnan and practice the virtues taught by him in them daily lives. At the end of the function, The CMS Founder-Director and renowned educationist, Dr (Mrs) Bharti Gandhi expressed her gratitude towards the Chief Guests, Special Guest and all the distinguished citizens. She said that from a mere five students, the strength of the institution had risen to 42000 and this was largely due to the noble teachers here. It is because of their devotion to duty and dedication to the noble cause of education that CMS students are making their mark in all spheres of society, winning accolade and traversing on the path of World Unity and World Peace, she said.

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