Udupi: The department of public instruction has announced the recipients of this year’s district-level Best Teacher Award across three categories: Lower Primary, Higher Primary, and High School.In the Lower Primary School category, the awardees are Saraswati (assistant teacher, Maroor Govt Lower Primary School, Kundapur), Vasundhara (assistant teacher, Guddeyangadi Govt Higher Primary School, Bommarabettu, Udupi), Harish Poojari S (assistant teacher, Padukuduru Govt Higher Primary School, Karkala), Sumangala Ganiga (assistant teacher, Kismati Govt Lower Primary School, Byndoor), and Vijaya A (assistant teacher, Moodukere-Achladi Govt Lower Primary School, Brahmavar).In the Higher Primary School category, Shekhar Kumar (head teacher, Heskattur Govt Higher Primary School, Kundapur), Veena (assistant teacher, Hangarakatte Govt Higher Primary School, Brahmavar), Ramani (head teacher, Nandikur Govt Model Higher Primary School, Udupi), Thimmappa Ganiga (head teacher, Kanchikanu Govt Higher Primary School, Byndoor), and H Prabhavati (head teacher, Koodabettu-Mala Govt Higher Primary School, Karkala) were selected.In the High School category, the awardees include Shashishankar HM (assistant teacher, High School Section, Bajagoli Govt PU College, Karkala), Nataraj Upadhya (art teacher, High School Section, SVH PU College, Innanje, Udupi), Jagadish K (physical education teacher, Karnataka Public School, Brahmavar), Santhosh (assistant teacher, Kandlur Ramans Govt High School, Kundapur), and Jagadish Shetty (high school teacher, Hemmadi Janata High School, Byndoor), stated a release from the DDPI office.
