To mark the occasion of Teachers’ Day, the birth anniversary of first Vice President of India Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 37 teachers of state were felicitated with “State Honours” in a function held at Raj Bhawan on Wednesday.
Chhattisgarh State Assembly Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal was the Chief Guest of the function and State Minister School Education, Kedar Kashyap presided over the function. .
The felicitated teachers include Dr Padumlal Punnalal Bakshi Memorial Award to Ramkumar Verma, Durg, Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh Memorial Award to Sima Shrivastava, Raipur, and Dr Mukutdhar Pandey Memorial Award to Narendra Kumar Tiwari, Bilaspur, and Dr Baldev Prasad Mishra Memorial Award to Nilima Thakur, Durg.
The programme was commenced with condolence over the demise of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and State Governor Balramji Das Tandon.
Later, addressing the function, Chief Guest Agrawal thanked the teachers for their invaluable contribution towards nation building and said that the felicitation inspires the teachers to give their best.
Agrawal also declared that the felicitation honorarium has been doubled from the next year. For Primary school, it has been raised from Rs 10000 to Rs 20000, Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 for middle school, Rs 20000 to Rs 30000 for high school and from Rs 25000 to Rs 50000 for the higher secondary school, he informed.
State Minister for School Education, Kedar Kashyap greeting the teachers on Teachers’ Day threw light in the function about efforts of his department for enhancement of education in the State