Teacher’s Day: 6 Ludhiana district teachers bag state awards

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, September 5

On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, educators from Ludhiana were honoured by the state government for their contribution to the field of teaching.

As many as four teachers and two Block Primary Education Officers (BPEOs) from the district were conferred with state awards at Suvidha Kendra hall here today.

The state-level award ceremony was organised at Patiala, where Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla was the chief guest. A virtual award ceremony was organised at all district headquarters, where the district education officers (DEOs) honoured teachers of their respective districts.

The four state awardees of Ludhiana are Amritpal Singh Pali, computer faculty, GSSS-Chhapaar; Navjot Sharma, SST teacher, GMS-Gosal; Varindera Parveen, science mistress, Government Senior Secondary Smart School, Sekhewal; and Balwinder Singh Jodhan, primary teacher, GMS-Narangwal.

The two BPEOs who were awarded are Bhupinder Kaur from Block Mangat 1 and Tripta Devi from Block Ludhiana 1.

Lakhvir Singh, DEO (secondary), while congratulating the teachers, said “These teachers and BPEOs have made immense contributions for quality improvement of education in their schools and the region and they would certainly act as role models and source of inspiration for others in the times to come”.

Meanwhile, to felicitate the hard work and dedication of teachers, especially during the testing times of the pandemic, Teacher’s Day was celebrated with enthusiasm at Sat Paul Mittal School. The students sent gratitude messages and expressed their love and respect for their teachers through texts. A function was held where Bipin Gupta, vice-chairman of the school governing council, was the chief guest.