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Lumbini Teachers Participate in the Planning of Teachers’ Association Fellowship
After participating in the first fellowship, the principals and teachers of the Lumbini Teachers’ Association, accompanied by volunteers, spent a week planning another fellowship. The second session included tense and exciting games, as well as the sharing of experiences by the local principals and teachers of the Lumbini Teachers’ Association since joining Tzu Chi. Five teachers were also presented with uniforms during the fellowship, increasing the number of members in the Teachers’ Association working together to promote education.
It was the first time learning flower arrangement, not to use it for decoration, but to experience the beauty of it. This is the first fellowship session for the Lumbini Teachers’ Association, and the eight principals and teachers enjoyed it.
Tzu Chi Malaysia volunteer, Yee Chin Yi: He said that this inevitably brought out the humanistic etiquette, which is very good, there is no need to say too much, but to bring it out through life practices. In fact, we told him that this is what our Jing Si Aphorisms teaching is going to bring to everyone.
After a week, the teachers' fellowship was held again at Lumbini Buddhist University, 54 teachers participated this time, and teachers from the local Teachers’ Association came to participate in the planning process.
Tzu Chi Malaysia volunteer, Yee Chin Yi: Because we want to pass on the tradition, we let everyone take on the responsibilities. They take on roles such as segment emcees or drivers, they are responsible for sound control, timeline arrangement, we just accompany them. Actually, it's not easy, because we all know that teachers are very busy with their class work, but they are still able to take some time off and carry out the activities with us.
Vice Principal of Karuna Girls School, Sunil Baniya: I appreciate the team for calling or inviting the teachers, and doing (these) kind of activities, it’s like giving training, this helps to improve the teaching quality like education system, and helpful for the students to learn the different kind of lessons by their teachers after this training.
The association also presented uniforms to five teachers, with newcomers shouldering responsibilities, and further additions to the Teachers’ Association team.
Teacher, Durga Dutt: There is lots of responsibility when you wear the uniform because you are supposed to be the moral example for the society. I bear the logo and all those Master Cheng Yen’s Jing Si Aphorism and all those peaceful words, from this logo it is carried through me and it is spread.
It is a teacher's duty to impart knowledge, and it is a teacher's mission to nurture the next generation, to continuously refine ourselves, and to work together to promote education.
