Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced to double prize money of state-level Shikshak Samman to Rs 50,000. This was informed by School Education Minister Archana Chitnis after giving away these awards here on Thursday.
In all, 6 teachers were conferred these awards at a state-level function at Ravindra Bhavan. Pratibha Sahu of Sohagpur in Hoshangabad district was bestowed the first Savitri Bai Phule Samman. Chairman of Board of Secondary Education Devraj Birdi, Vice-Chairman Govind Sharma, Principal Secretaries Sanjay Singh and PC Meena and other senior officers were present on the occasion.
As part of award, School Education Minister Chitnis gave away Rs 25,000 each, shawl and coconut to six teachers. They include Ram Ashish Pandey of Hoshangabad, Daduram Pandey of Satna, Ashok Tiwari and Satish Kumar Pyasi of Sagar, Sughar Singh Bhadoria of Bhind and Rajendra Kumar Ahirwar of Tikamgarh. The recipient of first prize Savitri Bai Phule Samman, Pratibha Sahu was given away Rs one lakh and a letter of citation as award for unprecedented work of linking girls and women of Sohagpur with educational mainstream.
Meanwhile, Rs 5,000 each was also given away to winners of teachers’ symposium. They include Sushma Jain of Damoh, Amrita Bhavsar and Durgesh Joshi of Khandwa. Consolation prizes were given to Manisha Jain, Saurabh Bisen and Suresh Virmal. National medal winner 7 teachers were also honoured with Rs 1,000 each and letters of citation.
These include Arun Kumar Mishra, Dheeraj Singh Gurjar, Satish Kumar Shukla, Vinod Tiwari, Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Sangeeta Vinayak and Mohanlal Verma. School Education Minister Chitnis said that the Chief Minister has taken a number of historic initiatives to improve educational atmosphere in the state. She informed that the Chief Minister extended Teacher’s Day greetings and announced to double amount of awards from next year. Chitnis referred to inspirational anecdotes of great teachers of the world and urged teachers to play significant role in moulding society.
Referring to recent orders for equal pay for equal work to teachers, she informed about efforts of the State Government to improve teachers’ lot during the last 10 years. Board of Secondary Education Vice-Chairman Govind Sharma and Principal Secretary School Education Sanjay Singh also spoke on the occasion. Commissioner Public Instructions SK Pal and Commissioner of Rajya Shiksha Kendra Rashmi Arun Shami were also present on the occasion.