Teachers rapping and students paying tributes to their mentors on social media were part of the virtual celebrations in the UAE on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, observed on September 5 in India.
In India, Teachers’ Day is marked in honour of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a teacher with a middle-class background who went on to become the country’s second president. He was born on September 5, 1888, and India has marked its Teachers’ Day on September 5 every year since 1962.
Most other countries celebrate World Teachers’ Day, instituted by Unesco in 1994, on October 5 every year.
In the UAE, students, teachers, schools and officials from India took to social media to mark the occasion as large gatherings have been restricted due to precautions against COVID-19.
Indians are the UAE’s biggest expatriate community, numbering more than 3 million.