National ICT Award 2022: MoS for Education Annapurna Devi to felicitate school teachers today

NEW DELHI: The Minister of Education, Annapurna Devi will honor school teachers with National ICT Awards 2022 today from 11am.

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) tweeted: “National ICT Award for School Teachers Ceremony is going to be graced by the Chief Guest Hon'ble Minister of State for Education, Govt. of India, Smt. Annpurna Devi at Nalanda Auditorium, Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi on 28th February 2022 from 11am onwards.”

National ICT Award for School Teachers Ceremony is going to be graced by the Chief Guest Hon'ble Minister of State for Education, Govt. of India, Smt. Annpurna Devi at Nalanda Auditorium, Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi on 28th February 2022 from 11am onwards. pic.twitter.com/ug0bsMCT5E

— NCERT (@ncert) February 28, 2022

The event can be watched live at the weblink - webcast.gov.in/events/MTYxNA--?lang=en

Today, Hon'ble MoS for Education, Smt. @Annapurna4BJP will attend National ICT Award for School Teachers Ceremony as the Chief Guest.

Watch it live from 11 am onwards, click : https://t.co/i9g8yy8tKA @ncert

— Ministry of Education (@EduMinOfIndia) February 28, 2022

“In order to motivate teachers to use ICT in school education in a big way, the National ICT awards are given away every year. A selection process is followed for short-listing and recommendation of the required number of awardees to the Ministry of Education (MoE), GoI,” said an official website of ICT award.

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The award proposes to felicitate those teachers and teacher educators who have enhanced student learning by effectively and innovatively integrating technology supported learning into the school curriculum and subject teaching, and thereby promoting enquiry-based cooperative-collaborative learning using ICT amongst students, the website said.

Eligibility criteria for award

• Teachers of primary, upper primary, secondary, higher secondary schools and Teacher Educators from the following organizations are eligible to be nominated for the award:
• Schools run by the state government, Union Territory (UTs) administration, schools run by local bodies, private schools affiliated to state boards, aided by state government, UT administration.
• Central Government schools - Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs), schools under the Central Tibetan Schools Administration (CTSA), Sainik schools and schools run by Ministry of Defence (MoD), schools run by Atomic Energy Education Society (AEES).
• Schools affiliated to Council for Indian Schools Certificate Examination (CISCE)
• Schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
• Teacher educators of BIETs, DIETs, CTEs, IASEs, SIEMAT, SCERT, SIEs, SIETs and colleges, universities run by Centre, state government or UT administration and private universities ( from 2021 onwards).
• SPDs or education secretaries of states, UTs for best practices by respective state, UT( from 2021 onwards).