MP minister in South Korea to study education system, postpones Teachers' Day events

The Madhya Pradesh government for the first time in its history will observe Teachers' Day celebrations on September 6 instead of September 5. The reason behind this shift in tradition is because the state school education minister Dr Prabhu Ram Chaudhary is in South Korea on an education junket and would be returning only on September 6 morning. While a series of events have been lined up as part of Teachers' Day celebrations, the main event, felicitation of those awarded with the National Teachers Award 2018 and state teachers award 2019, will be held on September 6, only after the minister returns to the state capital. According to the agenda prepared by the state education department for Teachers' Day celebrations that has been accessed by India Today TV, a seminar will be held on September 5 apart from the declaration of the state awardees for the year 2019. "It's been four months since the first batch returned and no findings have been submitted yet, now the team led by the minister will return but will not submit its findings and the same would only be submitted only after the third batch returns from South Korea," an official alleged on condition of anonymity.