Monday, September 6, 2021

New award to celebrate teachers


New award to celebrate teachers

Chennai:6.09.2021

To inspire and motivate teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic, The Times of India in association with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, has instituted the ‘Teacher’s Excellence Award’. Teachers from Tamil Nadu can register, nominate themselves under various categories such as years of experience, stream, grade they handle.

Registrations will be open till September end. For more details teachers can visit www.amrita.edu/tea2021 . This will have zonal and state winners, shortlisted by an eminent jury panel. An independent partner will audit the process.

Launching the award, school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Sunday, said, “Government school teachers are very well informed and go through competitive and aptitude tests to qualify. Government schools have smart classes, science and maths kit and teachers who can handle the advancements well. We are looking for counsellors to offer mental health support to students and teachers, and also provide career guidance to Class XII students.”

A session on emotional intelligence and experiential learning was conducted with expert speakers Dr Shoury Kuttappa and Ruchi Mohunta. TNN

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