Madhya Pradesh

• 06 Sep 2021

Shakti Patel Receives National Teachers’ Award

Why in News

• On the occasion of Teacher's Day (September 5), President Ram Nath Kovind honored teacher Shakti Patel of Mandla district with the National Teachers’ Award, 2021.

Key Points

• It is noteworthy that 44 teachers of the country were honored with the National Teachers’ Award in the virtual program organized on the occasion of Teachers' Day.
• 32-year-old Shakti Patel is a secondary teacher of Hindi subject at Government High School of Mand village in Mandla district.
• He incorporated technology in the field of education and distributed free notes to children by QR code. Thousands of students across the country are benefiting from the entertaining learning material available on their website and YouTube channel. At the same time, he gave importance to teaching the events of Hindi subject lessons by connecting them with real life events.
• It may be mentioned that the National Teachers’ Awards were instituted in the year 1958 to recognize the excellence and commitment of talented teachers working in primary and secondary schools.
• Teacher's Day was celebrated for the first time in India on September 5, 1962, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the first Vice President of India- Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
• Similarly, 27 teachers from different districts of the state were honored for their outstanding contribution in the field of education in the online program of State Level Teacher Award Ceremony, 2021 held in Madhya Pradesh on September 5, 2021.

Two New Committees in the Assembly

Why in News

• Recently, the Committee on Rules of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly has recommended the formation of two new committees to the House.

Key Points

• The Rules Committee headed by Speaker Girish Gautam has recommended the formation of these committees for better work on the basis of experience and abundance of work in the Legislative Assembly.
• The first committee has been named 'Etiquette and Respect Maintenance Committee' of the members and the second committee has been named 'Backward Class Welfare Committee'.
• According to the committee on rules, it has been recommended to set up a 'Etiquette and respect maintenance committee' to monitor the matters related to the disrespectful behavior by the government officials as well as legislators.
• After examining the complaint of disrespectful behavior made by the MLA to the Speaker, the Speaker will hand it over to the Etiquette Committee for investigation. In case of a serious complaint, the Speaker can also refer it to the Committee of Privileges.
• The above new committee will be in addition to the already existing member facilitation committee to examine the related matters.
• The 'Backward Class Welfare Committee' constituted to look after the affairs of backward classes will be created by separating the already existing SC/ST and OBC Welfare Committee.