Selection of The Supreme Leader's Speech in FTEU on the Occasion of the Teacher's Day
(held on Wednesday, 9 May 2018, Nasibeh campus, Tehran)
In his visit to Farhangian Teacher Education University (FTEU), The Supreme Leader met student teachers, staff and faculty members.
The leader of the revolution appreciated the position of the teacher and expressed that respecting the teacher's position ought to end up a culture
My dears! Today's meeting is one of the sweetest meetings for me because it is a meeting with the great community of the teachers and student teachers. Imam Khomeini said: “teaching is the job of the prophets"; this is not just a slogan; it is a fact that teaching is one of the attributes of the prophets. That is, you are in a way that the best human beings in the history of mankind have gone through, and became prophet for that purpose. Unparalleled impact and the unique role of public education in the progress of the country is a tremendous issue in the prosperity of the country. As I would see it is a conspicuous actuality albeit some don't comprehend that teaching is the essential infrastructure of the prosperity of a nation. In the Islamic Republic of Iran it is a development towards Ideals. The imperative errand of every one of us, regardless of whether me or the administration authorities or progressive organizations in various segments, is to bring the teacher's pride and dignity into the general public; this isn't done, yet; the teacher's status and positions has not been all around refreshing as I accept and feel, it has not occurred in the general public. The issue of living, of course, is important- but the teacher's dignity, certainly, is not less if it is not more important than livelihood.
This [status] is not achieved just by saying; now, if I say, "A teacher is such a supreme authority or authority of the prophets," it does not form the general mentality in the country; it does not take place just by saying, [but] actions should be taken. Teachers must be accepted as a resource person in the mind of the community, a teacher is a high level person, teaching is a sacred task; this goal should be achieved through cultural activities such as artwork, writing books, making films, making poetry, with all sorts of methods, it has to be planned and done; it has not been done so far. This is one of the fundamental tasks that must be pursued both in the educational environment itself, as well as in other cultural environments, in the broadcasting and elsewhere-that is the point, the position of the teacher must be determined and teacher's reverence should be realized; this issue must be reflected in the textbooks, story books, and novels.