Jalandhar: Govt teachers receive cash awards, appreciation letters

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, August 27

The School Education Department District Level Teachers’ Festival which began on Thursday continued today. The festival was being observed in the form of a series of events regarding the research inclinations and teaching activities of teachers.

The festival was held under District Education Officer (Secondary) Harinder Pal and Deputy District Education Officer Rajiv Joshi at the Meritorious School in Jalandhar.

The duo said the various contests being held on the occasion under the SCERT, saw the participation of subject-wise teachers who won the block-level contests.

On its second day today, the contests in maths, science, drawing and vocational subjects were witnessed. Notably, the block level contests of all these subjects have already been held and district level contests are being conducted now.

Reeti Sharma from Government Model Senior Secondary School PAP Campus won the first position in maths; Harpreet Kaur from Senior Secondary School, Nurmahal, and Deepak Kumar from Senior Secondary School, Nurpur, won the second position. In science subject, Amanjot Kaur from Government High School, Raipur, Rasoolpur, won the first position.

In the drawing contest, Gurvinder Singh from Government Senior Secondary School, Tihang, won the first position. The winners will get a chance to compete in the state-level teacher test to be held at Amritsar. Principal Kuldip Kaur said the teachers bagging the first three positions were awarded with appreciation letters which those getting the first position in the contests were rewarded with Rs 2,100.