Association of private schools urges School Education Minister to institute Best Teacher Awards
The School Voice Association has petitioned the Tamil Nadu government to create 'Best Teacher Awards' for private school educators. They argue that since private schools now educate over 50% of the state's students, their teachers deserve state-level recognition similar to their government school counterparts.
Why it matters
It highlights the growing role of the private education sector and the push for parity in professional recognition for teachers.
The School Voice Association, an association of all private schools, have requested the School Education Minister to institute ‘Tamil Nadu Best Teacher Awards’.
In a petition to the Minister, the association said, “The proposal seeks to extend State-level recognition to deserving teachers from all recognised school education boards — including play schools, nursery and primary, matriculation, matriculation higher secondary, CBSE, CBSE Senior Secondary, IGCSE, and Cambridge International Schools — across all 38 districts of Tamil Nadu.”
They noted that the State government has been awarding the Dr. Radhakrishnan Best Teacher Award to government school teachers since the 1970s and then extending to Matriculation and Anglo-Indian Schools.
Pointing out that the education landscape has since undergone vast changes, the general secretary of the association, M.J. John Arokia Prabhu said that over 50% of the students in the State are now studying in private unaided schools, according to recent reports.
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