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82 teachers receive National Teachers' Awards on Teachers Day
The Indian Express··6 Sept
India named 82 teachers for National Teachers' Awards on Teachers Day, President Droupadi Murmu said Saturday. Selections included 48 from school education, 21 from higher education and polytechnics, and 13 skill trainers. Innovations ranged from home-reading campaigns to QR-coded tree mapping covering 102 species. Murmu said teachers had helped achieve negligible primary dropout rates nationwide.
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What It Means For You
- National Teachers' Awards went to 82 educators across school, higher and skill sectors.
- President Murmu felicitated winners on Teachers Day Saturday.
- Awardees included projects using QR codes to map 102 tree species on campus.
What's Happening
- Forty-eight winners came from school education and literacy.
- Twenty-one were from higher education and polytechnics.
- Thirteen skill trainers from the skills ministry were also honoured.
Innovations Among Awardees
- Winners included home-reading campaigns and student reporter initiatives.
- Murmu credited teachers with achieving negligible primary school dropout rates.
- Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi attended the Teachers Day function.
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