NATIONAL TEACHERS’ AWARDS 2025 Details
NATIONAL TEACHERS’ AWARDS: The purpose of NATIONAL TEACHERS’ AWARDS 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.
Conditions of Eligibility of Teachers
School teachers and Heads of Schools working in recognized primary / middle / high / higher secondary schools under the following categories:
- Schools run by State Govt./UTs Administration, schools run by local bodies, schools aided by State Govt. and UT Administration and Private schools affiliated to State/UTs Board.
- Central Govt. Schools i.e. Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs), Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs), Sainik Schools run by Ministry of Defence (MoD), Schools run by Atomic Energy Education Society (AEES) and Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) run by Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
- Schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) (other than those at (a) and (b) above)
- Schools affiliated to Council for Indian Schools Certificate Examination (CISCE) (Other than those at (a), (b) and (c) above)
- 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. upto 30th April in the year to which National Awards relate) may be considered if they fulfill 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.
- Only regular Teachers and Heads of Schools with minimum ten years of services are eligible.
- Contractual Teachers and Shiksha Mitras are not eligible.
Timeline
| Opening of web-portal for registration of inviting online self-nomination by teachers | 23rd June to 13th July, 2025 |
| Date of final submission of self-nomination by teachers | 15th July, 2025 |
| Shortlisting of teachers by District / Regional Selection Committee and forwarding the shortlist to the State / Organization Selection Committee through online portal | 16th July to 25th July, 2025 |
| Constitution of Independent National Jury by Hon’ble Union Education Minister | In the middle of July, 2025 |
| State Selection Committee / Organization Selection Committee shortlist to be forwarded to Independent National Jury through online portal | 26th July to 4th August, 2025 |
| Intimation to all the shortlisted candidates (154 Max) for selection by Jury through VC interaction as may be decided | 5th to 6th August, 2025 |
| Selection process by Jury through VC interaction as may be decided | 7th August to 12th August, 2025 |
| Finalization of names by Independent National Jury | 13th August, 2025 |
| Intimation to selected candidates after approval of Hon’ble Union Education Minister | 14th August to 20th August, 2025 |
| Rehearsal and Presentation of Award | 4th & 5th September, 2025 |
Procedure For Application and Selection
- All the applications would be received through an online web portal.
- Ministry of Education would ensure coordination with States/UTs regarding timely submission / entry into the portal and resolution of technical and operational issues during data entry into portal through the portal development agency.
- Ministry of Education will bear the entire expenditure for development and maintenance of the portal.
- In case of State/UTs, teachers and heads of schools themselves shall apply directly by filling the application form online through the web portal before the prescribed cut-off date.
- Every applicant shall submit a portfolio, online along with the Entry Form. The portfolio shall include relevant supporting material such as documents, tools, reports of activities, field visits, photographs, audios or videos etc.
- Undertaking by the applicant: Each applicant shall give an undertaking that all the information/data submitted is true to the best of his/her knowledge and if anything is found at any later date to be untrue then he/she will be liable to disciplinary action.
Considerations to guide the selection of teachers upto State / UT / Organization levels
Teachers will be evaluated based on the evaluation matrix given at Annexure-I. Evaluation matrix contains two types of criteria for evaluation:
- Objective criteria: Under this the teachers will be awarded marks against each of the objective criteria. These criteria are given the weightage of 10 out of 100.
- Criteria based on performance: Under this, teachers will be awarded marks on criteria based on performance e.g. initiatives to improve learning outcomes, innovative experiments undertaken, organization of extra and co-curricular activities, use of Teaching Learning Material, social mobility, ensuring experiential learning, unique ways to ensure physical education to students etc. These criteria are given the weightage of 90 out of 100.