India, Sept. 6 -- Smart blackboards, smart classrooms and other modern facilities have their own importance in schools and higher education

institutions but the most important thing is smart teachers, President Droupadi Murmu said on Friday. Recalling her time as a teacher, she described it to be a very meaningful period of her life.

She was speaking at the National Teachers Awards ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan where she conferred the awards upon over 60 educators for their exemplary

contribution to teaching and learning.

"Smart blackboards, smart classrooms and other modern facilities have their own importance. But the most important thing is smart teachers. Smart

teachers are the teachers who understand the needs of their students' dev...