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Student Academic Award
Student Academic Award: To motivate individual students, Student Academic Award envisages felicitating students at the state, district & block level based on their academic performance in 10th board result (BSE).
  • At the state level, it aims to felicitate top 100 students of the state as per the 10th Board results for the current academic year. The students will be rewarded with a sum of ₹50,000 each.
  • At the district level, it aims to felicitate top 3000 students of schools covered under HST programme (on pro rata basis) and reward them with ₹10,000 each. The allocation of awards per district will follow a pro rata basis of calculation based on the no. of secondary schools present in the district.
  • At the block level, it aims to recognize and reward top 100 students of each block with reward money of ₹5,000 each. For each award, the award money will be deposited in the bank account of the student.

Eligibility Criteria for Student Awards

  • All students of government and government aided secondary schools covered under HST who have completed their 10th board examination are eligible for that same academic year.

Procedure for Selection of Top 100 Students of the State

  • Panchasakha Sikhya Setu (PSS) shall generate the list of top 100 students of the state from the BSE result data sheet and place the list before the State Level Committee for approval.

Procedure for Selection of Top 3000 Students of the District Level (Pro rata)

  • PSS shall generate the list of top 3000 students, segregated district wise (excluding the top 100 students selected for state level award) from the BSE result data sheet. The students will be selected on a pro rata basis.
  • PSS will share the list with the respective DIETs for verification and post-verification place it before the State Level Committee (SLC) for approval.
  • Post approval of SLC, the DIET will submit the final list to the DEO of the concerned district, who will organize the district level function for felicitation of the awardees.

Procedure for Selection of Top 100 Students for each Block

  • PSS shall generate the list of top 31400 students (Top 100 Students for each Block), segregated block wise (excluding the top 100 students selected for state level award and 3000 students selected for the district level award) from the BSE result data sheet.
  • PSS will share the list with the respective DIETs for verification and post-verification place it before the State Level Committee(SLC) for approval.
  • Post approval of SLC, the DIET will submit the final list to the BEO of the concerned block, who will organize the block level function for felicitation of the awardees.
Students Leadership Award
  • It aims to identify one male and one female student from each secondary school that comes under the ambit of HST programme based on the Student Leadership Award rubrics. (8311 male & 8807 female)
  • From the Co-education Secondary School: One male and one female student will be awarded
  • From Secondary School (only girls): One female student will be selected
  • From Secondary School (only boys): One male student will be selected
  • Selected students will be rewarded with a cash incentive of ₹3000 each.

Eligibility criteria: for Students Awards

  • All students of government and government aided secondary schools covered under the HST programme and who have completed their 10th board examination in the given year are eligible for that year.

Procedure for Selection of Students Leadership Award

  • In case of Student Leadership Awards, a three-member committee will be formed consisting of HM, senior-most teacher and PE Teacher (in case of non-availability of PE teacher, another senior teacher may take his/her place). At least one member of the committee must be a female teacher. If no female teacher is available then this clause can be exempted. The committee shall nominate a boy and a girl from each co-ed school/ a girl from only girls’ school/ a boy from only boys’ school from their respective schools taking reference to the student leadership rubric and excluding students nominated for any other student award.
  • The committee will then submit the selected list to the BEO, who will place the list before BLC for approval.
  • The BEO will organize the block level function for felicitation of the students.
Student Merit-cum-Scholarship Award

It aims to award 2000 best performing students in the 10th board exam (from economically weaker sections of the society) based on the NFSA/SFSA list. They will be rewarded with a sum of ₹50,000 each towards pursuing their interests in higher education.

  • The students will be selected as per the merit list of board results.
  • The meritorious students will be selected for receiving awards as per the NFSA/SFSA list.

Eligibility Criteria: for Students Awards

  • All students of government and government aided secondary schools covered under HST who have completed their 10th board examination in the given year are eligible for that year.

Procedure for Selection of Student Merit-cum-Scholarship Award

  • PSS will generate the list of top students from the BSE result data sheet and communicate the list to the concerned HMs for selection of students eligible under NFSA/SFSS criteria and verification of supporting documents.
  • After verification, HM of the concerned school will send the list to PSS, who will place the list before the State Level Committee for approval.
  • Top 2000 students at the state level will receive Student Merit-cum-Scholarship Award.

The Mukhyamantri Shikhya Puraskar aims to reward the teachers going beyond their assigned line of duty to help students in achieving their dreams and towards improving the quality of education.

At the state level, it aims to felicitate the top 70 teachers of HST schools (10 from each of the 07 subjects i.e. 1st language, 2nd language, 3rd language, General Science, Social Science, Mathematics and Physical Education) of the state as per the secondary school teachers' rubric. They will be rewarded with a sum of ₹40,000 each. The award money will be deposited in the bank account of the teachers.

At the district level, it aims to felicitate the top 630 teachers of HST schools (on Pro- rata basis). The objective of this award is to identify the top performing teachers (PE teachers shall be judged as per the PET rubric) of each district as per the teachers' rubric and reward them with a cash prize of ₹25,000 each. The award money will be deposited in the bank account of the teachers.

Eligibility criteria

  • All teachers of government and government aided secondary schools under the ambit of HST are eligible
  • A teacher must be stationed in the same school for at least one academic year (before the declaration of result) from which he/she is applying for the Teacher Award.
  • Educational administrators, District Science Supervisors and the staff of training institutes, HMs are not eligible for this award.
  • Guest teachers or vocational trainers are not eligible.
  • In case the concerned teacher has been punished for official misconduct in a departmental proceeding or convicted in a vigilance case or if any departmental proceeding or vigilance case is pending against him/her, he/she shall not be eligible for the award.

Procedure for Selection of Teachers for Secondary School Teacher Award

  • The data related to teachers will be filled online by the individual teachers applying for the Teachers Award.
  • Physical education teachers are to be selected based on PET Rubric and the selection procedure is the same as the other subject teachers.
  • The HM or In-Charge HM will scrutinise the data of teacher's performance and will submit the verified inputs to the DIET of the concerned district.
  • The supporting documents for different sub-components of the Teacher Award rubric should be self-attested by the teachers and countersigned by the HM concerned. Hard copies of these documents must be preserved for verification by DIET.
  • The DIET shall verify all applications of the secondary teachers and place it before DLC for approval. Post approval, it will forward to PSS the subject-wise list of top-scoring teachers as per the pro rata count for the district. (Refer Annexure III for Pro rata count)
  • PSS will assess the applications received from the district, shortlist the top 10 applications from each subject i.e 70 applications and place it before SLC for verification and approval of state level awardees.
  • Post approval of SLC, the selected teachers will receive the award at state level in the felicitation ceremony organized by PSS.
  • After excluding the top 70 teacher awardees selected for the state award, PSS will send the district wise list of 630 teachers to the DIETs of all districts. DIET will place the list before the DLC for approval.
  • Post approval, DIET will send the list to the respective DEOs to felicitate teachers at the district level.

As a managing supervisor of the school, the HM will provide leadership and vision to all the stakeholders. He/she is responsible for providing a safe and peaceful environment to aware and educate the future generations of the state and the nation. The Mukhyamantri Sikhya Puraskar aims to reward and recognize the contributions of the Head Teachers of the schools for their continued good work towards delivering quality education.

  • At the state level, the top 10 HMs will be awarded with a cash incentive of ₹50,000/- each.
  • At the district level, 90 HMs (on a pro-rata basis) shall be awarded with cash incentive of ₹40,000/- each.
  • At the block level, 314 HMs (Best performing HM from each block) & at the Municipal Corporation level, 05 HMs (Best performing HM from each MC) shall be awarded a cash incentive of ₹25,000/- each. For each award, the reward money will be deposited in the bank account of the HM of the concerned school.

Eligibility criteria

  • All HMs of government and government aided secondary schools under the ambit of HST are eligible for this award.
  • HMs in-charge are also eligible to apply for this award.
  • The HM/In-charge HM must be stationed in the same school for at least one academic year before declaration of the result from which he/she is applying for the HM Award.
  • In case the concerned HM/In-charge HM has been punished for an official misconduct in a departmental proceeding or convicted in a vigilance case or if any departmental proceeding or vigilance case is pending against him/her, he/she shall not be eligible for the award.

Procedure for Selection of HMs for Secondary School HMs Award

  • After the finalisation of the list of Secondary School awardees at State, District and Block level, the corresponding HMs of the School will be awarded the Secondary School HM award (except at block level, where the HM of the top 1 school will be awarded), provided they satisfy all the requisite eligibility criteria.
  • The felicitation of the awardees will be done along with the felicitation of School Secondary awards at State/district/block level.

At sub-division level, 58 CRCCs (Best performing CRCC of each sub-division) shall be awarded with a cash incentive of ₹20,000/-. The award money will be deposited in the bank account of the concerned CRCCs.

Eligibility criteria

  • All CRCCs are eligible to apply for this award.
  • The CRCCs must be stationed in a cluster for at least one academic year from which he/she is applying for the CRCC Award.
  • In case the concerned CRCC has been punished for an official misconduct in a departmental proceeding or convicted in a vigilance case or if any departmental proceeding or vigilance case is pending against him/her, he/she shall not be eligible for the award.

Procedure for Selection of CRCCs for the CRCC Award.

  • The data related to CRCC will be filled online in the Application by the Individual CRCC applying for the CRCC Award.
  • The DIET will scrutinize the data related to CRCC performance based on rubrics filled up by the CRCC.
  • The supporting documents for different sub-components of CRCC Award should be self-attested by the concerned CRCC and countersigned by the BEO concerned. Hard copies of these documents must be preserved.
  • The DIET of each district will place the CRCC award list (calculated as per the CRCC rubric) before the District Level Committee for verification and approval of awardees.
  • The DIET will further submit the sub-division wise list of CRCC awardees to the DEO for felicitation at the district level.

At the state level, the best performing 10 BEOs shall be awarded ₹60,000/- cash. The award money will be incurred towards the professional development of the BEOs.

Eligibility criteria

  • All BEOs are eligible to apply for this award.
  • The BEOs must be stationed at least one academic year in the concerned block from which he/she is applying for the BEO Award.
  • In case the concerned BEO has been punished for an official misconduct in a departmental proceeding or convicted in a vigilance case or if any departmental proceeding or vigilance case is pending against him/her, he/she shall not be eligible for the award.

Procedure for Selection of BEOs for the BEO Award

  • The data related to BEOs will be filled online in the application by the individual BEOs applying for the BEO Award.
  • The DIET will scrutinize the data related to BEO’s performance based on the rubrics filled up by the BEOs.
  • The supporting documents for different sub-components of the BEO Award should be self-attested.
  • The DIET of the district will place the best BEO from their district (calculated as per the BEO rubric) before the District Level Committee for onward submission to PSS.
  • PSS will prepare the list of top 10 BEOs of the state after receiving the list from DIETs and the same will be placed at the State Level Committee for approval.
  • The state level committee will verify & recommend the name of 10 BEOs for felicitation at state level.

At the state level, top 03 DEOs shall be awarded ₹75,000/-. The award money will be incurred towards professional development of the DEOs.

Eligibility Criteria

  • All DEOs are eligible to apply for this award.
  • The DEOs must be stationed in the concerned district for at least one academic year for which he/she is applying for the DEO Award.
  • In case the concerned DEO has been punished for official misconduct in a departmental proceeding or convicted in a vigilance case or if any departmental proceeding or vigilance case is pending against him/her, he/she shall not be eligible for the award.

Procedure for Selection of DEOs for the DEO Award

  • The application for the DEO Award to be filled up online by the concerned DEOs.
  • The DEO will submit the filled application along with the certified documents to PSS.
  • The supporting documents for different sub-components of DEO Award will be self-attested by the DEO.
  • PSS will verify the applications received, shortlist the top 3 DEOs, and place the list before the State Level Committee for approval. Post approval, top 03 DEOs will be awarded at state level.

  • At the state level, the top 50 elementary school HMs will be awarded with a cash incentive of ₹25,000/- each.
  • At the district level 300 elementary school HMs (on a pro-rata basis) shall be awarded with a cash incentive of ₹25,000/- each.
  • The award money will be deposited in the bank account of the HMs of the concerned schools.

Eligibility criteria

  • All HMs of government and government aided elementary schools are eligible for this award.
  • HMs in-charge are also eligible to apply for this award.
  • The HM/In-charge HM must be stationed in the same school for at least one academic year (before declaration of result) from which he/she is applying for the HM Award.
  • In case the concerned HM/In-charge HM has been punished for an official misconduct in a departmental proceeding or convicted in a vigilance case or if any departmental proceeding or vigilance case is pending against him/her, he/she shall not be eligible for the award.

Procedure for Selection of HMs for Elementary School HM Award

  • After the finalisation of the list of Elementary School awardees at State, District and Block level, the corresponding HMs of the School will be awarded the Elementary School HM award (except at block level, where no elementary HMs are awarded), provided they satisfy all the requisite eligibility criteria.
  • The felicitation of the awardees will be done along with the felicitation of School Elementary awards at State/district level.

The Mukhyamantri Shikhya Puraskar aims to reward the teachers going beyond their assigned line of duty to help students achieve their dreams and working towards the greater cause of strengthening school education. At the block level, 314 elementary teachers (one from each block) & at the Municipal Corporation level, 05 elementary teachers (one from each Municipal Corporations) will be awarded with a cash incentive of ₹25,000/- each. The award money will be deposited in the bank account of the concerned teachers.

Eligibility criteria

  • All the teachers of government and government aided elementary schools are eligible.
  • A teacher must be stationed in the same school for at least one academic year (before declaration of result) from which he/she is applying for the Teachers Award.
  • Educational administrators, staff of training institutes and HMs are not eligible for this award.
  • Guest Teachers, PET & vocational trainers are not eligible.
  • In case the concerned teacher has been punished for an official misconduct in a departmental proceeding or convicted in a vigilance case or if any departmental proceeding or vigilance case is pending against him/her, he/she shall not be eligible for the award.

Procedure for Selection of Teachers for Elementary School Teacher Award

  • The data related to the teachers will be filled up online by the individual teachers applying for the Teacher Award.
  • The HM/In-charge HM will scrutinise the data of teacher's performance based on elementary teacher rubric and submit the list to the BEO of the concerned block.
  • The supporting documents for different sub-components of Elementary Teacher Award should be self-attested by the teacher who is applying for the award and countersigned by their respective HMs/In-charge HMs. Hard copies of these documents must be preserved for further verification by the BEO/DIET.
  • The BLC will verify the applications of concerned elementary teachers within their jurisdiction, finalize the top elementary teacher of the block/MC and approve the same. Post approval, the elementary teacher will be felicitated at the block level.