National Teacher Awards 2025: Honoring India’s Best Educators on 5th September

On 1st September, 2025, Ministry of Education shared a post on X highlighting that every year best teachers are awarded on 5th September and this year as well India is honouring the efforts of its excellent teachers and recognising their hard work through the National Teacher Awards. These awards are given to those teachers who have demonstrated great dedication and passion and have made invaluable contributions not only to education but also to the lives of their students. This custom largely complies with the ethos of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which identifies teachers as the core of educational change.

 

The teachers of the present day are not only the instructors in the classroom, they inspire students in the field of sports, lead them in extracurricular life, and contribute to their creation. They are not only about knowledge, but foster talents, basic values, and make the youths the best in every aspect of life.  

 

This enhanced role of the teacher is highlighted in the NEP 2020. It requires that teachers be constantly engaged in professional growth, that they are highly qualified, motivated, and empowered to be innovative in their teaching practice. Another aim of the policy is to ensure respect towards teachers and to make teaching a good and appealing profession. NEP enhances the teaching profession and small-scale learning outcomes nationwide by establishing national teacher performance standards and by inspiring local education agencies to assist teachers. 

 

The Ministry of Education has announced 45 teachers to be awarded with the National Teachers Awards 2025. The selection process was robust, including district, state, and national level evaluations based on merit and impact. The awards are to be distributed by President Droupadi Murmu on September 5 which is celebrated as Teachers Day nationwide. Awardees come from a diverse range of schools including central boards, state schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas, Sainik Schools and Atomic Energy Education Society. 

 

The awardees reflect the diversity of Indian education because the winners are 27 states, 7 union territories, and 6 organisations. There are 24 men and 21 women out of 45 awardees. Maharashtra and Bihar have 3 awardees each, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have 2 each. The prize consists of a certificate, a silver medal as well as a cash prize of 50,000 rupees. As per reports, the awardees will stay at The Ashok  hotel in New Delhi between September 3 and 6, and will have a special briefing on September 3. 

 

The National Teacher Awards given on teachers day is an opportunity to honour the tireless work of teachers, attest to their immense contribution to society and redefine their crucial role in making the country a strong and wealthy nation with quality education.

 

In short, it is teachers who are the real architects in the future of India. Their affection, devotion and attentiveness towards their students contribute to moulding not only individuals, but the whole nation. The National Teacher Awards recognise this spirit and encourage others to emulate him or her hence teaching is the hope and the light of progress to everyone.