KATHMANDU: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education Gopal Man Shrestha on Tuesday highlighted the importance of an ideal teacher.

Addressing a programme organised to mark the 52nd National Teachers Day of India, he discussed Bharat Ratna Dr Servepalli Radhakrishnan’s moral values. India celebrates Dr Radhakrishnan’s birthday as Teachers’ Day.

He was the president of India. The programme was organised by Mahamana Malebiya Mission-Nepal. MMM-N President GN Saraswati said that the MMM was in the process of establishing Nepal Hindu University in Kavre district.