Youth Column
Development Initiatives for the New Generation
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eachers continually strive to mold children into good human beings. Besides imparting practical knowledge, they also encourage them to overcome difficulties. It is not necessary that these teachers be part of an educational institution. People that have the qualities of being a good teacher would always find, from their busy schedules and responsibilities, the time and opportunity to mold the lives of children. Listed below are the stories of some such inspiring personalities. District Magistrate of Varanasi Yogeshwar Ram Mishra, District Magistrate of Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand) - Mangesh Ghildiyal, Principal Secretary of Jharkhand and Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes Department - K. K. Khandelwal are some of the IAS officers who have numerous administrative responsibilities, but the teacher in them has found a way to enlighten the lives of children. Ex-DGP of Bihar, Ajayanand, who runs the Super-30 coaching institute with Anand Kumar, has also dedicated all his time to children.
Police personnel on the Patliputra railway platform has become a teacher. This officer, who has been performing his official duties as well as bearing the responsibilities of a teacher, not only regularly goes to teach children but also evaluates their general knowledge and teaches them the right way of life. Advocate Hari Om Jindal of Ludhiana handles civil and criminal cases, but the teacher in him is satisfied only after he finishes teaching the children of the factory workers and those living in the slums. Fashion Designer Preeti Jaiswal of Lucknow is molding the lives of beggar children. Apart from her profession, she has the zeal to spread the light of education, and her initiative has led to an increase in children’s knowledge and confidence. The young District Magistrate of Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand) - Mangesh Ghildiyal, was worried about the progress of children of government schools. For this, he has been commuting on foot to remote schools and giving life lessons to the children there. His wife, Usha Ghildiyal, is with him in these missions and is teaching Science diligently to the girls of IX and Xth standard in the State Inter-College for Girls at Rudraprayag because there are no science teachers in that school. District Magistrate - Mangesh had picked up this task as soon as he took over the responsibilities there. When he noticed that the government educational system in the district was in shambles and there was no one to look after the young children, he was deeply hurt. So he went as a teacher amongst these children. So far, Mangesh has
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