Teachers

In a unique way of spreading awareness about COVID-appropriate behaviour, two teachers from a government school in Tamil Nadu are doing skits while being dressed as mythological characters. In the costumes of Lord Yama and Surapadma, the teachers - NK Hemalatha and D Perumal - perform on roads bearing the hot weather. "We take it seriously and put in more effort especially for villages" stated Hemalatha about their initiative. 

Citing that the teachers have played a significant role during the pandemic, the Delhi government has decided to include government teachers in the list of frontline workers. As per the reported rollout plan, the frontline workers, along with healthcare workers and elderly people, were prioritized in vaccination. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia reasoned out the prioritization by lauding their efforts at the pandemic curbing activities and taking… read-more

Ranjitsinh Disale, a primary-school teacher from Solapur, Maharashtra is in the race to win $1-million Global Teacher Prize, which associates with UNESCO. Promoting girl’s education, Disale revamped the school building, translated textbooks into mother tongue and made his school the first in Maharashtra to enable learning through QR codes. Disale also ensured 100% girls' attendance at school while reducing teenage marriages in his village… read-more

The Karnataka government will be distributing over 60,000 smartphones at a cost of Rs.65 crore, to the Anganwadi workers across the state. The move will help teachers to upload the students' details such as height, weight, growth, and immunization status to the Common Application Service under the Poshan Abhiyan Scheme. An official said that smartphones will ease teacher's workload of maintaining 32 different registers. 

Roohi Sultana, a Kashmiri teacher from Srinagar, will be honored with National Teachers Award on September 5. She adopted low-cost innovative learning methods and inclusive education for children with special needs. Every year Education Ministry acknowledges remarkable and exemplary efforts of teachers from across the country. This year, 47 recipients have been selected after a three-stage online process, and will be awarded virtually by… read-more