CHANDIGARH: Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains today accorded his approvel to the list of 74 teachers to be honored by the Punjab government on Teacher's Day under three categories.
According to the approved list, the Teacher State Award will be given to 55 teachers who have excelled in their fields, while the Young Teacher Award to be presented to 10 teachers. Apart from this, nine teachers have been selected for Administrative Awards.
Extending the words of congratulations to the selected teachers, the Cabinet Minister Harjot Singh Bains expressed hope that these teachers will become torch bearer for other counterparts as well as inspire their students.
Harjot Bains said that the Punjab government is going to organise a state-level function on September 5 on Teacher’s Day at Virasat-e-Khalsa, Sri Anandpur Sahib and Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan will be the Chief Guest on this occasion.
Speaking about the selection criteria for these awards, the Education Minister asserted that the awarded names have been finalised by State Level Jury after the recommendations of District Level Committees in free, fair and transparent manner.
As per the list, the teachers selected for State Awards included; Rajan from GMS Loharka Kalan and Sanjay Kumar from GSSS Jhita Kalan of district Amritsar, Kamaldeep from Shaheed Sepoy Dharamveer Kumar GSSS Bakhatgarh of district Barnala, Amanadeep Singh Sekhon from GSSS Sailbrah of district Bathinda, Parminder Singh from GHS Behbal Kalan of district Faridkot, Naurang Singh from GSSS Badali Ala Singh of district Fatehgarh Sahib, Soma Rani from GSSS Mahuana Bodla and Prabhdeep Singh Gumbar from GPS Dhani Natha Singh of district Fazilka, Sonia from GHS Pir Ismail Khan, Ravi Inder Singh from GHS Sodhi Nagar and Rakesh Kumar from SGRM Govt. Girls Senior Secondary Smart School Zira of district Ferozepur, Palwinder Singh from GHS Lakhan Kalan and Jaswinder Singh from Shaheed Major Vajinder Singh Sahi GHS Gillanwali (Qila Darshan Singh) of district Gurdaspur, Sewa Singh from GSSS Lambra and Sandeep Singh from GMS Pandori Bawa DAS of district Hoshiarpur, Suneeta Singh from GHS Mansoorwal Dona of district Kapurthala, Ashok Kumar Basra from GSSS Jameshpur B and Deepak Kumar from GSS Nurpur of district Jalandhar, Rumani Ahuja from GMSSS PAU and Vinod Kumar of GSSS Sherpur kalan of district Ludhiana, Gopal Singh from GMS Ratolan of district Malerkotla, Gurdas Singh of GHS Dodra, Parwinder Singh of GHS Rampur Mander and Parminder Tangri from Shaheed Jagsir Singh GSSS Boha of district Mansa, Buta Singh from GSSS Kapure of district Moga, Joginder Kumar from GSSS Gho of district Pathankot, Jiwan Jot Singh from GHS Sehajpur Kalan, Sukhveer Singh from GSSS Multipurpose and Rajwant Singh from Govt. Elementary Multipurpose Smart School Patiala of district Patiala, Narinder Singh from GSSS Jhallian Kalan of district Roopnagar, Bindu Kenth from GSSS Banga (G) of district SBS Nagar, Kulvir Singh from GHS Rajpura SSA M.Plan of district Sangrur, Inderpreet Singh from GSSS Dubli of district Tarn Taran, Nitin Sodhi of GPS Rureke Kalan of district Barnala , Sukhwinder Kaur from GPS Surjitpura of district Barnala, Jagsir Singh from GPS Banger Mohabbat and Sukhpal Singh of GPS Nathana Boys of district Bathinda, Rajinder Kaur of GPS Bassi-III of district Fatehgarh Sahib, Surinder Kumar of GPS Diwan Khera and Harish Kumar of GPS Kera Khera of district Fazilka, Bibeka Nand from GPS Mudki of district Ferozepur, Jasvir Singh from GPS Barian Kalan G and Nitin Suman from GPS Bhadiar of district Hoshiarpur, Vikas Kapila from GPS Ghungrali Rajputan of district Ludhiana, Amritpal Singh Uppal from GPS Pharwali of district Malerkotla, Kanwaljeet Kaur from GPS Chak Basti Ramnagar of district Sri Muktsar Sahib, Gurmeet Singh from GPS Kanshua Kalan, Harpreet Kaur from GPS Shambu Kalan and Amandeep Kaur from GPS Tripuri of district Patiala, Sanjeev Kumar from GPS Gambhirpur Lower of district Roopnagar, Raman Kumar from GPS Langroya of district SBS Nagar, Gurvinder Singh from GPS Satoj of district Sangrur, Tejinder Singh from GPS Siau of district SAS Nagar, Rajni from GES Gohalwarh and Gurwinder Singh from GPS Jawandpur of district Tarn Taran.
Similarly, 10 teachers, who would be given Young Teacher Award, included; Mahak Kapoor from GSSS Chabba of district Amritsar, Sonika Gupta from GHS Chuwarian Wali of district Fazilka, Jaspal Singh from GHS Ibban of district Kapurthala, Renu Bala from GSSS Girls Budhlada of district Mansa, Lucky Goyal from GSSS Malout (G) of district Sri Muktsar Sahib, Chinu from Shaheed Subedar Balbir Singh Govt. High School Dappar of district SAS Nagar, Jatinder Kumar from GPS Wander Patti Kot Shamir of district Bathinda, Vandana Heer from GPS Chadial of district Hoshiarpur, Satnam Kaur from GPS Raipur Sani of district Roopnagar and Himanshu Singla from GPS Lehragaga (Girls) of district Sangrur.
Likewise, 9 Administrative Awards would be bestowed upon the teachers, which included; Sarbjeet Singh Toor DEO (SE/EE) of district Barnala, Harpal Singh, DEO (SE) of district Gurdaspur, Pardeep Kumar Dy DEO (SE) district Faridkot, Sandeep Nagar DIET Principal of district Patiala, Balvir Kaur BPEO Jakhwali of district Fatehgarh Sahib, Jaspal Singh BPEO Jalalabad-1 of district Fazilka, Neeraj Kumar BPEO Dhariwal-1 of district Gurdaspur, Bal Krishan Mehmi BPEO Kartarpur of district Jalandhar and Prithi Singh BPEO Patiala-2 of district Patiala.