Scheme Of National Award To Teachers - New Delhi Department Of School Education And Literacy Page 4

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5.
Only those teachers, having requisite years of teaching experience,
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as mentioned at Sl.No.1 above, on 31
December of the preceding
year of the Award, will be eligible to be considered for the award.
II.
MAIN CONSIDERATIONS THAT SHOULD GUIDE THE
SELECTION OF TEACHERS AT VARIOUS LEVELS:
1. Teachers’ reputation in the local community;
2. His/her academic efficiency and desire for its improvement.
3. His/her genuine interest in and love for children; and
4. His/her involvement in the social life of the community.
III.
PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION:
1. The initial selection shall be made at the District level by a District
Committee from amongst the names recommended by the District
Education Officer, a District Inspector of schools or such other
local authorities e.g. Corporation, Panchayat etc. which the State
Government may determine in the context of local conditions. No
teacher shall be asked or permitted to apply for the award. The
names shall be recommended by the District Education Officer etc.
on the basis of the Teachers’ record of work.
2. The State Selection Committee shall scrutinize and sift the
recommendations of the District Committee and recommend to the
State Government two names for each award allotted to the State
and one or two names of Sanskrit/Arabic teachers if found suitable.
The names of teachers selected by the State Committee shall be
arranged in order of merit before they are recommended to the
State Government who shall forward the same to the Union
Government alongwith character certificate of faultless antecedents
and absolute integrity duly signed by the Education Secretary. The
recommendations of the State Selection Committee shall not be
modified by the State Government to substitute names, or to
disturb the order of merit recommended by the State Selection
committee. However, if the State Government is of the view that
any of the selected teacher is otherwise unfit for the award, it may
recommend omission of such names to the Union Government
furnishing details for the same.
3. The State/UTs/School systems shall recommend at least the
prescribed number of awards under the category “Special
Awards”. In case they do not find suitable number of teachers
under this category, the award will not be recommended, but in
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