Honouring the contribution of teachers in the field of education, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday felicitated teachers and exhorted them to inculcate values in children and prepare them into good human beings “With your efforts, you will be able to liberate students with education so that they can contribute towards a prosperous, great and healthy nation like India,” said Irani.
Giving away awards to 33 CBSE teachers and 15 mentors from home and abroad, Irani said that each one of them have a greater role of converting students into good human beings. In this context, she referred to a case in Beed district of Maharashtra where a doctor was involved in female feoticide but was never caught as he used to feed the stillborn to the dogs.
Deploring such heinous crime, she said the institution “made him a doctor but failed to make him a human being”.
The selection of the CBSE awardees was based on the academic efficiency and desire for improvement, genuine interest and reputation in the community, love for children, perseverance and commitment towards the field of education.These awards consist of a merit certificate, a shawl and a cash prize of Rs25,000.According to a Government statement, the process of selection was both rigorous and transparent. To ensure transparency in CBSE awards, for the first time, the names of proposed awardees were made public and responses were invited.
Besides, for the first time, sports-promoting schools were also felicitated to encourage all schools to organise sports activities and promote the spirit of well-being and health of schoolgoing children.There are 159 such schools which have organised CBSE inter-school sports and games competitions at different levels. The schools were awarded a certificate, a shawl and a plaque.