National Teacher’s Awards 2024

5. The State Selection Committee (SSC)

(a) The State Selection Committee (SSC) will be headed by Principal Secretary / Secretary of State Education Department. Members of SSC will be as under :

• (i)  Principal Secretary/ Secretary of State Education Department : Chairperson
• (ii)  Nominee of Union Govt. : Member
• (iii)  Director/Commissioner of Education : Member Secretary
• (iv)  Director, SCERT or equivalent if there is no SCERT : Member

Efforts may be made to the extent possible to change the names of committee members every year.(b)  The major functions to be performed by SSC are as under:

• (i)  Re-verification of the facts/ information/marks of the nominations received from all the DSCs.
• (ii)  Evaluate all the nominations and prepare shortlist of the best candidates,subject to the maximum number allotted to the States/UTs as per Annexure-III and forward the same to Independent Jury at National level through online portal.

6. Regional Selection Committee (RSC) (For organizations and Autonomous Bodies)

(a) RSCs may be constituted by the Organizations
(b) The major functions to be performed by RSC are as under :

• (i)  Physical verification of the facts/ information provided by the applicant by forming verification teams.
• (ii)  Evaluation/ marking of the applicants as per the format at Annexure-I.
• (iii)  Certificate by RSC: The RSC shall certify that marks have been awarded after due verification of the facts.
• (iv)  After the detailed evaluation of the applications, RSC will shortlist maximum 3 names and forward these to Organization Selection Committee through online portal along with vigilance clearance certificate of each of the 3 applicants.
• (v)  In addition to the applications received, the RSC in exceptional circumstances, may suo-moto consider name of maximum one person among the outstanding teachers including special educators and differently abled teachers/heads of schools. The evaluation will be done as per the format at Annexure-I.
• (vi)  RSC may take into account performance of teachers in various streams of studies viz. science, arts, music, physical education etc.

8. Independent Jury at National level

(A)   There will be a Five Member Jury. All five members should have extensive experience in aspects related to school education. At least two members may be drawn from government, working or retired, but at or above the level of Joint Secretary. The Independent Jury at National Level will be headed and chaired by any of the experienced members of the Jury, as may be selected by the Union Education Minister.

(B)   Process for selection –

• (i)  The Independent Jury would review the list of candidates as forwarded by all the SSCs and OSCs and carry out fresh assessment, using the criteria and weightages given in the Evaluation Matrix for NATIONAL TEACHERS’ AWARDS (Annexure I & Annexure II)
• (ii)  Each applicant is required to :
• (a)  Submit an application letter (maximum 1500 words either in English/Hindi) addressed to the jury with a narrative that shows how they have fulfilled the criteria for the award. Further, this application letter should also include the names of a few (maximum five) students with whom the teacher’s interaction has resulted in a positive outcome like retention in school despite adverse circumstances OR a student who is pursuing higher studies OR a student who has been recognised / awarded in the field / subject that the teacher is giving instruction in OR whose aspirations for higher achievements have been moulded by the candidate, etc
• (b)  Make a 10 minute presentation before the Jury, elucidating his/herspecial qualifications, actions, achievements, abilities, etc
• (iii)  The Independent Jury would identify the best candidates through their qualitative assessment, on the basis of the application letter and the presentation, against each category using the indicative criteria given in Annexure II.
• (iv)  The jury may determine the category under which the teacher is recommended for the award, based on the qualitative assessment which would be highlighted
• (v)  The jury will submit list of recommended candidates along with commendations about exemplary work done by each of the candidates.
• (vi)  The jury shall select candidates subject to the maximum of 50 (this may include two candidates from Special Category for differently abled teachers etc.).
• (vii)  Secretarial assistance to the Jury will be provided by NCERT.

Annexure-I

The selection of teachers for the awards will be done based on their performance in the following indicative areas :

a) Innovative pedagogy and joyful learning – Using joyful activities like story-telling, arts, games, sports, examples, etc in order to ensure that education is maximally relatable, relevant, interesting, and effective for our students.

b) Use of technology for learning – Innovating and channeling cost-effective tech resources for enriching classroom learning, creating content using ICT as envisioned under NEP.

c) Learning material and mentorship – Creation of low cost teaching learning materials, undertaking mentorship and nurturance beyond classroom walls for holistic development of students.

d) Engagement of community – Mobilizing stakeholders in the community and engage them meaningfully in various school development activities like school management committee, social audit, increasing enrolment, uplifting deprived children, mobilizing resources, etc.

e) Governance – Strengthening school administration by adopting innovative measures to improve attendance, school management systems, staff training, programme monitoring, etc

f) Delivery of FLN – Adoption of various strategies to improve foundational literacy and numeracy skills in school