The purpose of National Awards to Teachers is to celebrate the unique contribution of some of the finast teachers in the country and to honor those teachers who through their commitmant and industry have not only improved the quality of school education but also enriched the lives of their students.
Conditions of Eligibility of Teachers
Timeline
Procedure For Application And Selection:
રાજ્ય કક્ષાના શ્રેષ્ઠ શિક્ષકની ઓફિશયલ યાદી જાહેર
Considerations To Guide The Selection Of Techers At Various Levels:
Teachers will be evaluated based on the evaluation matrix given at Annexure-I. Evaluation matrix contains two types of criteria for evaluation:
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Conditions of Eligibility of Teachers
- School teachers and Heads of Schools working in recognized primary / middle / high / higher secondary schools under the following categories:
- Schools run by State Govt./UTs Administration, schools run by local bodies, schools aided by State Govt. and UT Administration.
- Central Govt. Schools i.e. Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs), Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs), Sainik Schools run by Ministry of Defence (MoD), Schools run by Atomic Energy Education Society (AEES) and Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) run by Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
- Schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) (other than those at (a) and (b) above)
- Schools affiliated to Council for Indian Schools Certificate Examination (CISCE) (Other than those at (a), (b) and (c) above)
- Normally retired teachers are not eligible for the award but those teachers who have served a part of the calendar year (at least for four months i.e. upto 30th April in the year to which National Awards relate) may be considered if they fulfill all other conditions.
- Educational Administrators, Inspectors of Education, and the staff of training Institutes are not eligible for these awards.
- Teacher / Headmaster should not have indulged in tuitions.
- Only regular Teachers and Heads of Schools will be eligible.
- Contractual Teachers and Shiksha Mitras will not be eligible.
Timeline
- 1st June to 12th July 2022
- Opening of web-portal for inviting online applications and self nomination by teachers
- 13th July to 22nd July 2022
- District / Regional Selection Committee nominations to be forwarded to the State / Organization Selection Committee through online portal
- 23rd July to 31st July 2022
- State Selection Committee / Organization Selection Committee shortlist to be forwarded to Independent National Jury
- 1st & 2nd August 2022
- Intimation to be issued by Ministry of Education to all the shortlisted candidates to make presentations before the National Jury (either in physical mode at NCERT like normal years or through online like in 2021 depending on Covid situation) (maximum 154 candidates as per extent guidelines)
- 4th August to 12th August 2022
- Selection process by Jury
- 12th August 2022
- Finalization of names by Independent National Jury
- 16th August to 18th August 2022
- Intimation to selected candidates afterapproval of Hon’ble Shiksha Mantri
- 4th & 5th September 2022
- Rehearsal and Award function
Procedure For Application And Selection:
- All the applications would be received through an online web portal.
- MOE would ensure coordination with States/UTs regarding timely entry into the portal and resolution of technical and operational issues during data entry into portal through the portal development agency.
- MOE will bear the entire expenditure for development and maintenance of the portal.
- In case of State/UTs, teachers and heads of schools themselves shall apply directly by filling the application form online through the web portal before the prescribed cut-off date.
- Every applicant shall submit a portfolio, online along with the Entry Form. The portfolio shall include relevant supporting material such as documents, tools, reports of activities, field visits, photographs, audios or videos etc.
- Undertaking by the applicant: Each applicant shall give an undertaking that all the information/data submitted is true to the best of his/her knowledge and if anything is found at any later date to be untrue then he/she will be liable to disciplinary action.
IMPORTANT LINK
રાજ્ય કક્ષાના શ્રેષ્ઠ શિક્ષકની ઓફિશયલ યાદી જાહેર
Considerations To Guide The Selection Of Techers At Various Levels:
Teachers will be evaluated based on the evaluation matrix given at Annexure-I. Evaluation matrix contains two types of criteria for evaluation:
- Under this the teachers will be awarded marks against each of the objective criteria. These criteria are given the weightage of 20 out of 100.
- Under this, teachers will be awarded marks on criteria based on performance e.g. initiatives to improve learning outcomes, innovative experiments undertaken, organization of extra and co-curricular activities, use of Teaching Learning Material, social mobility, ensuring experiential learning, unique ways to ensure physical education to students etc. These criteria are given the weightage of 80 out of 100.
