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Bihar Teacher Pushpa Prasad Selected for National Award
Pushpa Prasad is a teacher from Gopalganj in Bihar.
She has been chosen for an important National Teachers' Award.
She will receive the honour on September 5, which is Teachers' Day.
Pushpa once wanted to open a computer centre for children.
Her husband encouraged her to become a teacher instead.
She started teaching in 2006 and later moved to Kanya Madhya Vidyalaya in Kuchaykot.
She teaches Mathematics, Hindi and English.
She also helps girls learn painting and other activities.
Her hard work has now brought her national recognition.
Pushpa Prasad, an assistant teacher in Gopalganj, has been selected for the National Teachers' Award.
She is one of 11 teachers to be honoured on September 5, Teachers' Day.
Prasad joined teaching through Gopalganj's panchayat recruitment process in 2006.
She teaches Mathematics, Hindi and English at Kanya Madhya Vidyalaya, Kuchaykot.
Her work with students and school development has earned district- and state-level recognition.
- Who
- Pushpa Prasad, an assistant teacher at Kanya Madhya Vidyalaya in Kuchaykot, Gopalganj, Bihar.
- What
- She has been selected for the National Teachers' Award.
- Where
- Kanya Madhya Vidyalaya in Kuchaykot, Gopalganj, Bihar.
- When
- She will be honoured on September 5, Teachers' Day; she joined teaching in 2006 and transferred to her current school on March 25, 2013.
- Why
- Her teaching, school management, and work supporting students earned district- and state-level recognition.
Key facts
- Award
- National Teachers' Award
- Honouring date
- September 5, Teachers' Day
- National recipients
- 11 teachers from across the country
- Bihar recipients
- Two teachers: Pushpa Prasad from Gopalganj and Khushboo Kumari from Banka
- Teaching career began
- Prasad was selected through Gopalganj's panchayat recruitment process in 2006
- Current school
- Kanya Madhya Vidyalaya, Kuchaykot
- Subjects taught
- Mathematics, Hindi and English











