National Award to Teachers 2018

Deadline: 30 June, 2018

Instituted in 1958, the National Award to Teachers are given away by the President of India on 5th September (Teacher's Day) every year to give public recognition to meritorious teachers working in primary, middle and secondary schools.

TIMELINES

OPENING OF WEB-PORTAL FOR INVITING APPLICATIONS - 15TH JUNE TO 30TH JUNE, 2018.

Large scale publicity through advertisements, social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.) and by sending emails directly to the teachers & the State Education Departments, etc.

District Selection Committee nominations to be forwarded to the State Selection Committee by 15th July, 2018.

State Selection Committee shortlist to be forwarded through online portal to Independent National Jury by 31th July, 2018

Letters/communication to be issued by MHRD through online portal to all the shortlisted candidates by 3rd August.

Finalization of names by Independent National Jury by 30th August, 2018.

ELIGIBILITY

Conditions of Eligibility of Teachers for consideration for the Awards:

School teachers and Heads of Schools working in recognized primary/middle/high/higher secondary schools in the Indian Union under the following categories:

• Schools run by State Govt./UTs Administration, schools run by local bodies, schools aided by State Govt. and UT Administration.
• Central Govt. Schools i.e. Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs), Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs), Central Schools for Tibetans (CTSA), Sainik Schools run by Ministry of Defence (MoD), Schools run by Atomic Energy Education Society (AEES).
• Schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
• Schools affiliated to Council for Indian Schools Certificate Examination (CISCE)
• Normally retired teachers are not eligible for the award but those teachers who have served a part of the calendar year (at least for four months i.e. upto 30th April in the year to which National Award relates) may be considered if they fulfill all other conditions.
• Educational Administrators, Inspectors of Education, and the staff of training Institutes are not eligible for these awards.
• Teacher/Headmaster should not have indulged in tuitions.
• Only regular Teachers and Heads of Schools will be eligible.
• Contractual Teachers and Shiksha Mitras will not be eligible.

OBJECTIVE CRITERIA

Under this the teachers will be awarded marks as per the clearly defined logic provided against each of the objective criteria. This criterion is given the weightage of 20 out of 100.

CRITERIA BASED ON PERFORMANCE

Under this, teachers will be awarded marks on criteria based on performance e.g. initiatives to improve learning outcomes, innovative experiments undertaken, organization of extra and co-curricular activities, use of Teaching Learning Material, social mobility, ensuring experiential learning, unique ways to ensure physical education to students etc. These criteria are given the weightage of 80 out of 100.

Apply for Awards: https://www.nationalawardtoteachers.com/