CM Yogi addresses Teacher Dignity Conference in Lucknow
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Teachers took centre stage in Lucknow on Sunday, October 4, 2026, as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath participated in the Pranteey Shikshak Garima Sammelan — a Provincial Teacher Dignity Conference — organised by the Akhil Vishwa Gayatri Parivar, the globally active spiritual and social reform organisation founded by Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya.
Gayatri Parivar's long legacy of educational outreach
The Akhil Vishwa Gayatri Parivar, headquartered in Haridwar, has for decades championed value-based education and social transformation across India and among Indian diaspora communities worldwide. Its 'Shikshak Garima' — teacher dignity — campaigns aim to elevate the social and professional standing of educators, particularly at the grassroots level in states like Uttar Pradesh, where the teaching workforce numbers in the hundreds of thousands.
Why Lucknow, why now
Convening a provincial-level conference in the state capital signals an intent to reach teachers across Uttar Pradesh's 75 districts. For CM Yogi's government, which has repeatedly emphasised moral education and institutional reform in the school system, lending the Chief Minister's presence to such a platform reinforces that political messaging — even as the event itself is organised by a non-governmental spiritual body.