Bhubaneswar: Two teachers from Odisha today received the prestigious National Teachers Awards 2021.
President Ram Nath Kovind conferred 44 teachers including two from Odisha with the National Teachers Awards 2021 on the occasion of Teachers’ Day.
The Odisha teachers are Ashok Kumar Satpathy from Zilla Government School in Bhadrak district and Ajit Kumar Sethy from Government UP School, Kanamana, Chatrapur, in Ganjam district.
The purpose of National Awards to Teachers is to celebrate the unique contribution of some of the finest teachers in the country and to honour those teachers who through their commitment and industry have not only improved the quality of school education but also enriched the lives of their students.
The teachers are selected on the basis of several criteria. Only regular teachers and heads of schools are eligible for the award.