IMPHAL, Sep 12 NNN : An ideal High School teacher from Manipur is now upset after he failed to claim the prestigious National Teacher Award 2013 due to the laxity of the state Government.
Koijam Tolendro, who is 51-year-old, is a senior graduate teacher at Prajja High School, Lamshang in Imphal West district and a resident of Lamshang bazaar. He was one of the two selected teachers from Manipur who was to honour by the President by conferring the award on Teacher’s Day, September 5 in New Delhi.
Two teachers from every state of the country are chosen for the award which is given on the occasion of Teacher’s Day every year. Ch Nishikanta, Headmaster of Thambalkhong Junior High School was the lone teacher from Manipur who received the award on the occasion of Teacher’s Day, he said.
Tolendro said, “I failed to claim this award since the concerned authorities of the state Government didn’t inform me on time.”
He was talking to reporters at the school when he added that he applied for the award through the state Education Department after recognizing his achievements in the field of teaching.
He said, “He came to know that he was selected for the award on the website of Ministry of HRD, but it was too late.”
Tolendro received the state Teacher’s Award in 2005 and was among the top 10 teachers of the country selected for taking part in the National Level Science Teachers Congress in 2007. He had also attended several national and international conferences.
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