As many as 200 teachers teaching in various Government schools of the State were felicitated by State Education Minister, Neera Yadav, on the occasion of Teacher’s Day on Thursday.

A grand programme was organized at the auditorium of Jharkhand Academic Council, in which two teachers were given State level award and six were given district level award.

The State level awardees included Manoj Kumar Choubey of Middle School, Dwari from Chatra and Shweta Sharma of Middle School Vivekanand in Deoghar. Apart from certificate and medals, these teachers were also given a cash award of Rs. 25,000 each.

The district level awardees included Sanjay Kumar, Shilpi Gupta, Nand Dev Ram, Shipra, Praveen Kumar Sinha and Mamta Kumari, who were given medals and a cash prize of Rs.11,000 each.

On the occasion, the minister launched course books printed in Santhali language. She said, "This is for the first time that the books have been published in Santhali language. This will help the children of primary school learn better as they will be able to study in their mother tongue."

The minister also launched Diksha Portal, on which students can procure all the study material online.

As many as eight teachers were felicitated for providing e-content for Diksha Portal, three were felicitated for preparing course material for Teachers' App, 11 teachers were felicitated for playing the role of editors in Pankh Magazine and 148 teachers were awarded for playing an important role in preparing the course material for schools.

Suraj Kumar, student of High School, Littipara in Pakur was also felicitated by the minister for his innovation of Solar Cycle. On the occasion, 17 schools of the State which performed exceptionally in class 10 examinations this year were also felicitated.

Addressing the teachers on the occasion Yadav said, “Teachers should work on not just educating the students but providing them cultural education as well. Teachers shape the life and future of the students and they should put in all their efforts in doing so.”

She also asked the teachers to work in such a way that the department does not get any complaints against them.