National Teacher Award

• 26 Aug 2022

Why In News?

• On August 25, 2022, the Ministry of Education, Government of India released the final list of names of 46 teachers from different states of the country selected for the National Teacher Awards 2022. It also includes the names of two teachers from Rajasthan.

Key Points

• President Draupadi Murmu will present the National Awards for the year 2022 to selected teachers and teachers on the occasion of Teachers' Day on September 5, 2022 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a silver medal.
• Two teachers from Rajasthan selected for the National Teacher Award given by the Ministry of Education, Government of India on Teachers' Day include Sunita, a science teacher from Government Higher Secondary School of the Deaf, Bikaner and Durgaram Muwal, a teacher of Government Upper Primary School, Pargiyapada, Udaipur.
• Teacher Sunita has encouraged these special children to participate in state level science competition and national level Inspire Award continuously since 2017 under the innovation of teaching science with deaf and deaf children. These children have also built a science lab in this special school. Apart from this, a girl student of the school has secured a place in Olympiad and has made the country proud by getting silver medal.
• Apart from teaching, teacher Durgaram is also active in preventing child labour and child trafficking. More than 400 children associated with child labour and child trafficking have been rescued and linked back to education. There are more than 250 girls. Apart from this, innovation in education, the weight of children's bags of primary classes has been reduced.
• Teacher Durgaram had helped make Panchayat Madi the first tribal panchayat with the most vaccinations across India by acting as a warrior during the corona vaccination. He himself bears the education expenses of the girl students studying in higher classes and spends one month salary every year on school development and school children. Apart from this, while working under environmental protection, he has done environmental protection work by planting more than 11000 saplings. Along with this, by becoming the parents of destitute children, they are also working to connect them with education.
• On the occasion of Teachers' Day, the Department of School Education and Literacy of the Ministry of Education organizes a national function every year on September 5, in which national awards are given to the best teachers of the country.
• The selection of teachers for the awards is done in a transparent manner through an online three-tier selection process.
• The objective of conferring the National Award to Teachers is to underline the unique contribution of the teachers of the country and to honor such teachers, who have not only improved the quality of school education but also enriched the lives of their students with their commitment and hard work. has done.