Capt Vinita Kurl, lecturer (Sanskrit) of PB Municipal Inter College Haridwar who was selected for prestigious National Award for Teachers said that this award would motivate her to work with dedication and devotion for the betterment of students. It may be mentioned here that four out of six teachers who have been selected for this award are teaching in the schools located in mountainous parts of State.
NCC (Capt) Kurl said “I am regular in school and give equal attention to each student in the class room. To secure cent percent results in my subject (Sanskrit) in the Uttarakhand Class X and Class XII board examination, I conduct remedial classes for them”. Her school principal Om Prakash Gauniyal said that she is dedicated to teaching and never says no to any work assigned to her.
With students she attends all the NCC camps organised in Uttarakhand. Due to her impressive works for the enhancement of quality education in the school, she was given Shailesh Matiyani State teachers’ award by the State education department.
According to department, six teachers of primary and higher secondary school were selected for National Award , including two from Pithoragarh district and one each from Champawat, Pauri, Dehradun and Haridwar districts. They are Vijay lakshami, assistant teacher, Government Girls junior high school Gwali Moonalkot, Pithoragarh; Santosh Joshi, assistant teacher, Government girls high school, Mandap Vin, Pithoragarh; Jagdeshwari Bhandari, headmistress, Government primary school, Khata, Doiwala, Dehradun; Niraj Kumar Naithani, lecturer, Government inter college, Sumari, Pauri Garhwal; Naresh Singh Dev, assistant teacher, Government inter college, lohaghat, Champawat and Vinita Kural, lecturer, PB Municipal inter college Haridwar.
These teachers will be awarded by President Pranab Mukherjee on September 5. School education director CS Gwal congratulated them and said that department had recommended them for this award after acknowledging their extraordinary efforts for providing quality education to students, many of whom come from poor communities.