President Droupadi Murmu will bestow the National Teachers’ Award 2023 on 75 educators from across the nation for their exemplary service, which includes introducing cutting-edge teaching and learning methods in classrooms, inspiring students to speak out against domestic violence, increasing enrollment rates for girls, and supporting kids during the pandemic disruption, the education ministry announced on Saturday.
On September 5, Teachers’ Day, the President will present the prizes to the winners.
The government has for the first time broadened the scope of these prizes and included instructors from higher and skill education to it. The ministry released a statement explaining the mission of the award: “The National Teachers’ Award is to celebrate the unique contribution of teachers in the nation and to honour those teachers who, through their commitment and dedication, have not only improved the quality of education but also enriched the lives of their students.”
50 of the 75 winners are from schools, 12 from colleges and universities, and 13 from training centers for entrepreneurship and skill development. Each award comes with a silver medal, a monetary prize of $50,000, and a certificate of distinction.
Delhi, Arti Qanungo
Qanungo, an English teacher in a government school in Lakshmi Nagar, Delhi, is renowned for her creative pedagogy and fun teaching and learning techniques like puppetry and storytelling. She has received recognition from UNESCO for continuing to teach during the Covid-19 epidemic using a variety of digital materials and cutting-edge techniques. She has received recognition for her efforts to serve society.
in Madhya Pradesh, Chetna Khambete
At the Kendriya Vidyalaya in Indore, Chetna Khambate teaches biology to postgraduate students. She has been instrumental in improving the school’s learning environment for her kids. With 3D models, instructional aids, charts, and interactive tools, her biology lab is a dynamic center for hands-on learning that fosters an immersive atmosphere for students.
Rehman Mujib, Kerala
Through a variety of creative initiatives, Mujib Rahman, a librarian at the Kendriya Vidyalaya in Palakkad, has helped to encourage excellent reading habits. With his help, various cutting-edge programs were started in his school’s library, turning it into a hive of activity. In order to encourage pupils to read, he has implemented a library points system that incorporates numerous activities such as ICT and innovation contests, book title challenges, free zones, reading competitions, library treasure hunts, and book trailers.
Uttar Pradesh’s Asiya Farooqui
Asiya Farooqui, a primary teacher at a public school in Asti Nagar, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, has invented inventive techniques for piqueing pupils’ attention so that relevant information is not only spread but also generated. On her Youtube channel, she has created and posted around 700 videos. Additionally, she has inspired the female residents of her area to speak out against drug misuse and domestic violence.
Odia Sunita Singh
Increased enrollment of females is a priority for Sunita Singh, a teacher at the Government Industrial Training Institute in Bhubaneswar. She often goes to childcare facilities, slums, and schools to promote female enrollment in ITIs.
Gujarati Indranath Sengupta
Several research projects for the department of science and technology and the Science and Engineering Research Board have been successfully completed by Indranath Sengupta, a professor in the mathematics department of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. Additionally, he participates in several international partnerships. In 2003–2004, he was given a fellowship to go at the University of Utah.
Sanjay Kumar, from Delhi
In order to help his pupils comprehend science better, Sanjay Kumar, a science teacher at a government model high school in Chandigarh, has taken scientific instruction outside of the traditional classroom setting. In accordance with the National Education Policy 2020 and as a method of integrating the teaching of science and mathematics, he created a Science and Mathematics Park out of waste materials.
Rajasthani woman Sheela Asopa
Sheela Asopa has made a tremendous contribution to girls’ education for more than 17 years as the head of a government girls school in Jodhpur. Through efficient teaching and learning techniques, she has been assisting with education in rural regions, focusing on a variety of topics such as health, safety, water conservation, plantation, and meeting the needs of children with special needs. She has played a significant role in promoting and enticing schools to use rainwater collection. The Union water resources ministry presented her school with the national water award 2022 in the top school category.
