Lucknow, 03 Sept (HS): On Teachers' Day, September 5, Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath will honor 81 teachers from across the state for their

effective school management, innovation, and overall student development with

the State Teacher Award 2025 and the Chief Minister's Teacher Award 2025. The

ceremony will take place at the Yogiraj Baba Gambhirnath Auditorium in

Gorakhpur. Hotels have been assigned to accommodate teachers from across the

state selected for the awards, as special guests.

Sixty-one teachers from the Basic Education Department and

20 from the Secondary Education Department have been selected for the

state-level award. This includes a total of 33 female teachers (31 from basic

and two from secondary schools). Five of the selected teachers from the

Secondary Education Department will be honored with the Chief Minister

Teacher Award. The award's primary purpose is to encourage teachers for

their excellent teaching and to enhance their efforts to promote education in

society.

Rs. 25,000 will be given as prize money: The Yogi government

will present teachers honored with state-level awards with a citation and a

memento, along with Rs. 25,000 as prize money. Furthermore, honored teachers

will also receive a lifetime free travel facility of 4,000 kilometers per year

on Uttar Pradesh Transport Corporation buses. The retirement age of teachers

receiving state-level awards will also be extended by two years.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi