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10.1 Introduction:

CBSE instituted the “Teachers Award” in the year 2000 to give public recognition to the
meritorious services of outstanding teachers of schools affiliated to it. Each of the awards,
given away in September every year, consists of a merit certificate, a shawl and a cash
prize of Rs 50,000/-.

10.2 Transparent Procedure of CBSE Teachers Awards:

• Since 2018, the CBSE Teachers’ Award application procedure has become online.

• Applications are accepted only through an online weblink directly from all CBSE
schools in India and abroad.

• The criteria are completely objective for which documentary evidences are uploaded
by the applicants. Top scorers of up to 04 times the number of awards in each

category will be shortlisted based on general criteria.

• A National Level Scrutiny Committee does the checking of credentials/supporting
documents of the shortlisted applicants. The Committee prepares category wise
merit list of the shortlisted applicants based on the scores obtained by them in the
general and specific criteria.

• The shortlisted applicants are invited at CBSE Headquarter Delhi for a face-to-face CHAPTER 10 : CBSE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AWARD
interactive session with the National Level Screening Committee. The Committee
also checks/verifies the original supporting documents of the applicants.

• Teachers are encouraged to go through the criteria and prepare themselves for
applying for this prestigious award.

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The details are available at the link: http://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/
Circulars/2019/Teacher_Award_Circular_2019.pdf

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