Nongmaithem Gautam conferred National Award Innovative teaching : Gautam's calling card
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, September 05 2022: Nongmaithem Gautam Singh, a primary teacher at Eastern Ideal High School in Manipur's Imphal East, was conferred the prestigious National Awards to Teachers 2022 by President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi on the occasion of the Teachers' Day celebration on Monday.

The award was given to Nongmaithem Gautam for promoting innovative experiments in teaching and his creative skills while renovating classrooms with colourful art and designing a chalk-free whiteboard for the students.

"Nongmaithem Gautam Singh, a primary teacher at Eastern Ideal High School from Manipur has been conferred with #NAT2022 .

He has promoted innovation experiments for joyful learning like the use of ICT, blogs, websites and YouTube channels etc.," tweeted MoS for External Affairs and Education Rajkumar Ranjan Singh.

Speaking to The Sangai Express, Gautam said that the education sector can be further improved if students, teachers, guardians, Government and all the stakeholders come together and work in cohesion.

Nongmaithem Gautam is one of the 45 teachers from across the country honoured with National Teachers Award on the occasion of Teachers' Day at New Delhi by President Droupadi Murmu.

Gautam who has worked at 4 different schools since his appointment as a primary teacher in 2011 said that wherever he is posted, he does not want to teach the students from books only, but rather incorporate innovative methods in teaching and bring changes in the infrastructure as well as teaching-learning methods.

With support from friends, colleagues and the public, he has been able to bring the desired changes to improve the classrooms in his schools, he added.

New teaching-learning methods learnt from the internet were implemented along with the students and videos and photos were uploaded on social media, which received lots of praise from friends and families.

Responding to a question, N Gautam said he had received State Award earlier, but getting award or recognition was never his motive behind doing his duty but added that he is indeed grateful that he was chosen for the award.

He had previously worked at Tangkham Primary School, Haoreibi Junior High School and Pangei Upper Primary School and is currently working at Eastern Ideal High School, Akampat.

Nongmaithem Gautam, currently at New Delhi, told The Sangai Express that wherever he is posted, he does not want to teach the students from books only, but rather incorporate innovative methods in teaching and bring changes in the infrastructure as well as teaching-learning methods.

Nongmaithem Gautam is the son of N Kunjamani and N Kulabati of Palace Compound and has a Post Graduate degree in Commerce.

Speaking on the occasion, President Murmu said that it is the responsibility of teachers to generate interest in science and research among their students.

Good teachers can make complex principles easy to explain with the help of living examples that exist in nature.

She quoted a famous saying about teachers and said "the mediocre teacher tells; the good teacher explains; the superior teacher demonstrates, and the great teacher inspires." She said that an ideal teacher has all four qualities.

Such ideal teachers build a Nation in the true sense by building the lives of the students.

The President also urged teachers to encourage the habit of asking questions and expressing doubts in the students.

She said that by answering more and more questions and solving doubts, their knowledge would also increase.

A good teacher is always enthusiastic about learning something new.

Along with Nongmaithem Gautam, six other teachers from the North East also received the prestigious National Teachers' award.

Altogether, 45 teachers from across the country were selected for the award by the Ministry of Education.

In 2019, Nongmaithem Gautam Singh was also awarded the Smart Teacher Award by Navodaya Kranti Parowar in recognition of his tireless efforts and support for Government education in India.

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