State Awards and Commendation Certificates to Teachers 2021-22

The Voice of Chandigarh News:

Keeping up with the tradition of honouring the educators from School Education on the occasion of Teacher’s Day, the Education Department hosted a felicitation ceremony for the recipients of State Awards and Commendation Certificates 2021-22 to the Principals, Heads and teachers from schools.

The Chief Guest, Banwarilal Purohit, Hon’ble Governor Punjab and Administrator UT Chandigarh felicitated the awardee teachers at Tagore Theatre in the presence of Guest of Honor, Kirron Kher, Member of Parliament, UT Chandigarh and in the august presence of Sarbjit Kaur, Mayor UT Chandigarh, Dharam Pal, Adviser to Administrator and other officials of UT Chandigarh Administration.

This year, a total of 10 State Awards and 11 Commendation Certificates were being conferred. This includes the Principal, Head, Lecturers, TGT/DPE, JBT/NTT, teachers on deputation and from private/recognized schools.

The State Awardees were facilitated with a medal, a Certificate and Rs 21000/- while the Commendation Certificate Awardees were given Rs 5100/- each along with a Certificate.

In his address, Banwarilal Purohit congratulated the State Awardee teachers. He remembered the former President of India. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on the occasion of Teacher’s Day and extended the heartiest greetings and best wishes to the teachers for their dedicated service to building knowledge and a harmonious society. He talked about how in ancient times, India was an epicentre of knowledge and learning and how the nation can again rise to become a world guru.

The State Awardees include Gurpreet Kaur, Lecture, GGMSSS-18, Sunil Kumar, Lecturer, DAV Lahore, Sector -8, Abha Kumar, GMSSS-19, Jyotsna, GMHS-53, Indu Bala, GMSSS-16, Jai Laxmi, NTT, GHS-Dadu Majra, Jasbir Singh Saini, JBT, GHS, Maloya, Neeraj Sharma, Lecturer, GMSSS-16, Navneet Kaur, JBT, GMSSS, Manimajra, Kavita Chatterjee Dass, Principal, St. John’s High School, Sector-26, Chandigarh.

The Commendation Certificate is being conferred on Bhavneet Kaur GMSSS-16, Darshanjeet Kaur GMHS-19 , Shashi Kumar, GMSSS-MMT, Hari Chand, GMSSS-Maloya, Paramjit Kaur, GMSSS-Maloya, Satinder Kaur, GMSSS-16, Puneet Madaan, GMHS-41, Madhu Bala, NTT, GHS, Indira Colony, Rekha Rani, Lecturer, GGSSS,20-B, Anuja Sharma, Principal, DAV Model, Sector 15, Chandigarh, Sangeeta Sood, PGT, Delhi Public School, Sector-40, Chandigarh, In the function organized at Tagore Theatre, the teachers presented a play named ‘Badaa Kaun’ highlighting the evils in the society, another artful presentation named ‘Gyan ki Roshni’.