J&K government announces scheme to award teaching community

The award will be given to the best teachers in a bid to encourage and motivate the dedicated ones.

At the school level, around 10 teachers- five each from Kashmir and Jammu division will be awarded the best teacher award in order to provide opportunities to all districts and far-flung areas.

“A Silver Medal-(40 gm), Certificate and Rs. 50,000 will be given as award money,”  the order reads.

The awards will be given annually on September 5 which is celebrated as Teachers’ Day.

Any school teacher, master, lecturer and head of schools working in recognized primary, middle, high and higher secondary schools in Jammu and Kashmir will be eligible for the award.

“Educational administrators and the non-teaching staff of training institutes are not eligible for these awards. Retired teachers are not eligible for the award but those teachers who have served a part of the calendar year, at least for a period of four months i.e. up to April 30, in the corresponding year to which the awards relate,  may be considered if they fulfil the other stipulated conditions,” the order said

In the higher education department, eight teachers from colleges- four each from Jammu and Kashmir divisions will be given the best teacher award while only two university teachers one each from Kashmir and Jammu divisions will be awarded.

“Teachers will be evaluated on the basis of an evaluation matrix,” the order reads.

“The teacher's performance in improving learning outcomes, innovative experiments undertaken, organization of extra and co-curricular activities, use of  Teaching Learning Material (TLM), social mobility, ensuring experiential learning and unique ways to ensure physical education to students will be assessed,” it stated.

There will be a three-tier selection procedure followed by the school education department to select the teachers to be rewarded