Preetam Brahma Choudhury
Kokrajhar: The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind conferred the National Teachers Awards to 47 teachers in a virtual award ceremony today.
Gautam Dev Sharma from Government Higher Secondary and Multipurpose School, Kokrajhar, Assam is among the 5 teachers from Northeast receiving the prestigious award.
Sarma received the award-a citation and a medal- from Kokrajhar Deputy Commissioner Bhaskar Phukan at the DC office, Kokrajhar.
The national level awards are given on Teachers’ Day to celebrate the unique contribution of some of the finest teachers in the country and to honour those teachers who through their commitment have not only improved the quality of school education but also enriched the lives of their students. Teachers Day is celebrated every year on the birth anniversary of Dr S Radhakrishnan.
Sarma expressed his happiness and delightness receiving the national teacher award. He dedicated the award to the students, teaching community and community people. A Science teacher, Sarma adopted several innovative methods so that students could have all concepts cleared while learning in the classroom including use of multiple languages in the classroom as the students are from different communities. He learned different languages so that he could communicate and motivate the students in their own mother tongue. He also set up a lab to help his students visualise and understand science concepts with real models. Besidess, he has also adopted a village Belguri dominated by the Rabha community and works with the student community which has changed the scenario in the area and dropout rate.
Every year the ceremony is held physically but this year due to a pandemic outbreak, the ceremony was conducted virtually.
