Sri Vijaya Puram, June 24:The Ministry of Education, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi has invited online self-nomination by school teachers for National Teachers’ Award 2025 to be presented on the occasion of Teacher’s Day on 05th September, 2025 by the Hon’ble President at New Delhi.
The purpose of this award is to celebrate the unique contribution of some of the finest teachers in the country and to honor those teachers who through their commitment and industry have not only improved the quality of school education but also enriched the lives of their students.
This award started with the objective of raising the prestige of teachers and giving public recognition to the meritorious services of outstanding teachers working in Primary, Middle and Higher Secondary Schools.
The revised guidelines for this Award are as under:
• All school teachers and Heads of Schools working in recognized primary/middle/high/higher secondary schools under the following categories:
• Schools run by State Govt./UT Administration, local bodies, schools aided by State Govt. and UT Administration and private schools affiliated by State Govt./UT Board are eligible for National Teachers’ Awards. In addition, Central Government Schools (KVs, JNVs and Sainik schools run by Ministry of Defence, schools run by Atomic Energy Education Society (AEES) and Eklavya Model Residential schools (EMRS) run by Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the said schools affiliated to CBSE or CISCE are eligible for consideration for the award.
• Normally retired teachers are not eligible for the award but those teachers who have served a part of the calendar year (at least for four months i.e. up to 30th April in the year to which National Awards relate) may be considered if they fulfil all other conditions.
• Educational Administrators, Inspectors of Education, and the staff of training Institutes are not eligible for these awards.
• Teacher/Headmaster should not have indulged in tuitions.
• Further, it is also mentioned that only regular teachers and Head of Schools with minimum 10 years of services are eligible.
• Contractual Teachers and Shiksha Mitras are not eligible.
Registrations for the self-nomination by teachers on the online web portal http://nationalawardstoteachers.education.gov.in is open from 23.06.2025 and last date for the same is 13.07.2025. However, the date for final submission of self-nomination is 15.07.2025.
