On the occasion of Teachers’ Day on Saturday, 11 teachers from Odisha received President’s Medal for their excellence in the field of education.
President Pranab Mukherjee gave away the awards to the teachers at a ceremony organised in New Delhi.
Similarly, the State Government felicitated 95 teachers from different schools of the State. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated the teachers here. The State Government felicitated 50 teachers for the year of 2013 and 45 teachers for the year of 2014. While addressing teachers, the Chief Minister said model schools would be established in 100 blocks in the State. These schools would be set up in line with the Central Schools, said School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra.