On the occasion of Teachers’ Day 2022, President Droupadi Murmu will confer the National Awards to Teachers 2022 to selected candidates today, September 5. As many as 46 teachers will get the national award in a ceremony to be held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi at 11 am. Following the event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the award-winning teachers at his residence at 4:30 PM.
This year, 46 teachers from different parts of the country have been selected for the prestigious award. The selected teachers are from Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Maharashtra, and Telangana among other regions.
“On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, I extend my warm wishes to all the teachers in our country,” an official statement from Rashtrapati Bhavan said quoting President Murmu. Terming former President Dr. S Radhakrishnan an inspiration for all the teachers, President Murmu said, “This occasion marks the birth anniversary of the great teacher-philosopher and former President of India, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. I pay my humble tributes to him. He is an inspiration for all teachers who try to instill, in addition to knowledge, human values in the students.”
According to the Ministry of Education’s official circular, every winner will be honored with a certificate of merit, a cash reward of Rs. 50,000, and a silver medal. The program will be telecasted live on Doordarshan and Swayam Prabha Channels of the Ministry of Education and streamed live on webcast.gov.in/moe.
The idea behind the event is to celebrate and honor the unique contribution of some of the finest teachers in the country who through their commitment and hard work have not only improved the quality of school education but also enriched the lives of their students, the statement read. The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education has been organizing the national level function on Teachers Day every year to confer the awards to the best teachers of the country, selected through a rigorous transparent, and online three-stage selection process, it added.
The Ministry of Education has been organizing a function at Vigyan Bhawan on September 5 every year to confer the awards to the best teachers of the country, selected through a rigorous transparent, and online three-stage selection process.
