Ten primary and secondary teachers of the State were felicitated with the ‘Rashtriya Gourav Award’ for the year 2013 by President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on the occasion of Guru Divas on Friday.
The 10 teachers are Durga Prasad Maharana, Assistant Teacher of the Patitapaban Vani Mandir School at Gambharimunda in Khordha district, Niranjan Das, Sanskrit Teacher of the Satyabadi High School under Bhapur block in Dhenkanal district, Sachidananda Sahu, Headmaster of the Panchayat High School at Balitutha in Jagatsinghpur, Satyabhama Muduli, Assistant Teacher of the Ramaniketal UP School at Sahupada in Baleswar, lalita Khanda, Headmistress of the Gariamala Primary School in Sundargarh, Alekh Chandra Nayak, Headmaster of the Ichaapur Primary School in Bhadrak, Jyotirmayee
Nath, Headmistress of the Naranpur UP School at Kankadapal in Dhenkanal district, Prahallad Nayak, Headmaster of the Saimata Primary School at Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda and Pratap Chandra Jena, Headmaster of the Rangeilunda Primary School under Bhanjanagar block in Ganjam district.