Terming the teachers as role models for the society, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today said they (teachers) have a greater role to play, particularly in present times, in shaping the destiny of their students.

Addressing a well attended gathering of teachers after handing over regularisation orders among six hundred Rehbar e Taleem teachers here today, the Chief Minister said teaching profession has been held in high esteem by all religions and societies. She said teachers have an immense influence on the lives of their students, sometimes greater than that of their parents. “In the present times when the working parents have little time for their children, teachers also need to don the role of parents and provide them all the requisite emotional cushion which they are in need of”, the Chief Minister remarked..