Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Yogi Adityanath to Honour 81 Uttar Pradesh Teachers
Uttar Pradesh is giving special awards to teachers who have done excellent work.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will present the awards on Teachers’ Day.
The ceremony will be held on September 5 in Gorakhpur.
A total of 81 teachers are being honoured.
They come from Basic Education and Secondary Education schools.
The awards recognize good teaching, new ideas, and helping students grow in many ways.
Awardees will receive money, certificates, and mementos.
State Teacher Award recipients will also receive free bus travel each year and a two-year extension to their retirement age.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will honour 81 Uttar Pradesh teachers on September 5, Teachers’ Day.
The ceremony will take place at the Yogiraj Baba Gambhirnath Auditorium in Gorakhpur.
The article says 61 Basic Education teachers and 20 Secondary Education teachers were selected overall.
The awards recognize effective school management, teaching innovation, and students’ holistic development.
Recipients will receive certificates, mementos, ₹25,000, lifelong annual bus travel benefits, and a two-year retirement-age extension for State Teacher Award recipients.
- Who
- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will honour 81 teachers from Uttar Pradesh.
- What
- The teachers will receive the State Teacher Award 2025 or the Chief Minister Teacher Award 2025.
- When
- September 5, 2025, on Teachers’ Day.
- Where
- Yogiraj Baba Gambhirnath Auditorium in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- To recognize outstanding teaching, school management, innovation, nation-building, and students’ holistic development.
- Total honourees
- 81 teachers
- Basic Education selections
- 61 teachers
- Secondary Education selections
- The article states 20 teachers overall; its detailed lists contain 15 State Teacher Award recipients and 5 Chief Minister Teacher Award recipients.
- Women teachers
- 33 women teachers: 31 from Basic Education and 2 from Secondary Education.
- Prize package
- A citation certificate, memento, and ₹25,000 for State Teacher Award recipients.
- Travel benefit
- Honoured teachers are entitled to 4,000 kilometres of free annual travel for life on Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation buses.
- Retirement benefit
- State Teacher Award recipients will receive a two-year extension in their retirement age.