Mata Pita Guru Deivam is an old saying which means Mother, Father and Teachers are equal to God. Teachers are given such a high respect and value because they enlighten us with profound knowledge and power while parents gave life to our body and teachers gave life to our soul. We are always thankful to them and as an expression of thankfulness we celebrate teacher’s day in India every year on September 5. Teacher’s day is a tribute to the teachers for their incomparable deed of preaching and their devotion and hard work.  

Sarvepalli radhakrishnan

It is celebrated on the birth date of Dr. Sarvaepalli Radhakrishnan, the first vice President and the second President of India.  Dr. Radhakrishnan was one of the greatest scholor, great educationist and an enthusiastic promoter of education to everyone. As a mark of respect, his birthday has been observed as the Teachers day in India.

Teacher’s day will be celebrated by students and teachers with a great zeal in every school. Teachers will be gifted by the students, various cultural activities, speech delivering from teachers and functions will be held arranged by the students. Healthy interactions will be made between teachers and students on this day.
World’s teacher’s day is celebrated on October 5 of every year and many countries have their own day for Teacher’s day.

Here is some resources related to teachers day:

http://linkerland.com/2-how-to-deliver-a-speech-on-teachers-day/
http://indiamind.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/teachers-day/
http://www.npcil.nic.in/pdf/CMD%20-speech%20on%20Teachers%20day.pdf