Start 'teach to transform' campaign on Teachers Day: Modi

New Delhi, Aug 27 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the nation to begin the campaign of 'teach to transform, educate to empower and learn to lead on the occasion of Teachers Day.

"This year when we celebrate Teachers Day, can we take an oath of beginning a campaign 'teach to transform, educate to empower and learn to lead'," said Modi in his 35th edition of radio programme "Mann Ki Baat".

"With this oath we can fix every aim for a period of five years, create ways to achieve and attain it within the targeted time."

Stating the role of a teacher was vital for the transformation of society, the Prime Minister said in every teacher's life there are experiences which had transformed some student's life.

"Collective effort can lead to transformation. Let's follow the mantra of teach to transform," he said.