New Delhi: Forty-six teachers were on Thursday conferred the national teacher’s award 2018 by President Ram Nath Kovind. The award carries a silver medal, certificate and Rs 50,000.
Key Takeaways:
1. A teacher from an army school, which is governed by the Defence Ministry, was included to the list of the award winners for the first time.
2. Teachers who were conferred the award for promoting joyful teaching techniques in their schools were Bijay Kumar Pandey from Chhattisgarh, P. Rajesh from Assam, Toni Pertin from Arunachal Pradesh, Abdul Hakeem from Lakshadweep Islands, Vineeta Garg from Delhi, Vikas Mahajan from Himachal Pradesh, Virendra Shantubhai Patel from Daman, RC Suvarna Fonseca from Goa, Telangana’s Bendi Asha Rani and Puducherry’s S. Sasikumar.
3. Nagaland’s Satyen Kumar Roy, the only Mathematics teacher among the awardees, was chosen for the award for using audio-video teaching methodology in the classroom. He has also started a weekly group discussion and spell bee competition in his school.
4. Teachers from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Rajasthan and Jharkhand were selected because of the innovative teaching methods introduced by them in the classroom.
5. Remya Parameshwar Iyer, a PGT Biotechnology teacher at KV Khanapara, Guwahati utilised government funds to set up a lab to provide students hands-on experience.