DW BUREAU / Chandigarh UT Education Department will be honouring Principals, heads and teachers from schools with state awards and Commendation Certificates for the year 2020. This year, a total of 9 State Awards and 5 Commendation Certificates are being conferred. This includes Principal, Head, Lecturers, Master/ Mistress, teachers on Guest faculty/ contract/ SSA and deputation as well. The State Awardees include Ranjana Srivastava (Principal, GMSSS 8), Shakuntala (Headmistress, GMHS 36), Manjeet Kaur Gill ( Lecturer English GMSSS 35), Neeru Sofat (Lecturer Chemistry, GMSSS 16), Bharat Bhushan (TGT S Sc, GHS Dadumajra), Gurpreet Singh (DPE GMSSS 35), Ravi Jaswal (TGT Science, GHS Maloya), Raman Prashar (Lecturer Physical Education GMSSS 26) and Ritu Kalra (JBT, GMPS 49D). The Commendation Certificate is being conferred on Pushpanjali (Lecturer Psychology GGMSSS 18), Parveen Kumari (TGT S Sc, GGMSSS 20B), Manpreet Kaur (Lecturer, GMSSS 15), Sunita Sheoran (TGT, GGMSSS 20 B) and Neetu (JBT, GHS 38B). The State Awardees would be facilitated with a medal, a Certificate and Rs 21000/- while the Commendation Certificate Awardees would be given Rs 5100/- each along with a Certificate. The medals and citations would be conferred upon the Awardees at a function which would be held subsequently upon opening of Schools. Teachers' Day is a special day for the appreciation of teachers, and may include celebrations to honor them for their special contributions in a particular field area, or the community in general.The idea of celebrating Teachers' Day took root in many countries during the 19th century; in most cases, they celebrate a local educator or an important milestone in education. This is the primary reason why countries celebrate this day on different dates. The birthday of the second president Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan is celebrated as Teacher's Day since 1962. (editor@dailyworld.in)