School Education – Request to relieve the selected Awardees to attend the Celebrations for the State Beast Teacher Awards-2025 to be held at A-Convention center, Labbipet, Vijayawada on 05.09.2025 at 04.00 PM – instructions – issued – Reg Memo.No.ESE02-29026/5/2025-TRNG-CSE-Part(5), dt.#ApprovedDate#
Ref:
1. G.O.Rt.No.434, Education Education (Ser.IV) Dept., dt:23.08.2000.
2. G.O.Rt.No.500, Education (Trg.I) Dept., dt:02.09.2002.
3. This office Procs.Rc.No.ESE02-29026/5/2025-TRNG-CSE, Dt.31-07- 2025
4. This office Procs.Rc.No.ESE02-29026/5/2025-TRNG-CSE-part(2), dt:12-08-2025
5. G.O.Rt.No.271, School Education (General) Dept., dt:14.08.2024.
All the District Educational Officers in the State are invited to the references read above. The Government of Andhra Pradesh will celebrate Teachers’ Day (Gurupujotsavam) on 5th September, 2025, 04.00 PM at A-Convention Center, Labbipet, Vijayawada, honoring meritorious Teachers for State Best Teacher Awards – 2025 on the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
In this connection, after scrutinizing the nominations submitted by all the DEOs in the State, the State selection Committee have been selected and finalised total 78 teachers from the School Education Department to honor the teachers for the State Teacher Awards-2025. (list attached in annexure)
In this context, the Accommodation with meals arrangements has provided for the State Best Teacher Awardees for 1 (One) day i.e., 04.09.2025 at YES-J Centre, for Excellence, besides ALIET, ITI College Road, ALC Campus, Vijayawada. (Contact to Sri Vidya Sagar Reddy, Superintendent (9505000399), Sri Prasad reddy, JA (9676996528).
Therefore, all the District Educational Officers in the state are hereby instructed to relieve the teachers on 04.09.2025 listed in the annexure, allowing each of them to be accompanied by one family member (1+1) only. They are directed to report to the accommodation center at 6 AM on 04.09.2025, before the following concerned officer (zone wise) to participate in the celebration of Dr. Sarvepalli Radha krishnan’s birth anniversary and to honor with the Sate Best Teacher Award-2025 on 05.09.2025 at A- Convention Center, Labbipet, Vijayawada.
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Zone |
Name of the MEO |
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Zone-1 |
Soma Sekhar Nayak, MEO, Vijayawada-West. Ph.No.9705084164 |
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Zone-2 |
M.Veera Swamy, MEO, G.Konduru Ph.No. 9110566877 |
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Zone-3 |
A.Venkat Ratnam, MEO Vijayawada Rural. Ph No.9989911077 |
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Zone-4 |
R.Vijaya Rama Rao, MEO, Vijayawada Central. Ph.No. 9848134469. |
Each district committee recommended six names, from which 78 teachers were selected for the awards. The selection process was divided into three categories:
- Teachers applying directly for the awards.
- Teachers being recommended by other educators.
- Selection based on performance through the LEAP app.
Additionally, 15 teachers from polytechnic institutions have been selected for the State Best Teacher Awards. The awards will be presented to the selected teachers on September 5th during a ceremony in Vijayawada.
School Education – Celebration of Teachers’ Day (GURU PUJOTSAVAM) on 5t h September 2025 – Selection of Best Teachers for State Awards – Guidelines, Eligibility, Schedule – Certain Instructions – Issued Procs. Rc.No.ESE02-29026/5/2025-TRNG-CSE, Dt.31-07-2025
Ref:
1. G.O.Rt. No.434, Education (Ser. IV) Dept., dt: 23.08.2000.
2. G.O.Rt. No.500, Education (Trg.I) Dept., dt: 02.09.2002
The attention of all the District Educational Officers in the State are invited to the references cited, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has been celebrating Teacher’s Day (GURUPUJOTHSAVAM) every year to honour the Best Teachers/Meritorious Teachers for (1) State Awards, (2) National Foundation for Teachers Welfare Award (NFTW), (3) Recommended by Fellow Teachers on the eve of the Birth Day on 5th September of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the former President of India as per Government orders issued vide reference 1st and 2nd cited. Further, all the District Educational Officers in the State are requested to scrutinize the proposals by the District Selection Committee duly following the procedural guidelines, Timelines and submit the same with specific recommendations to the Director of School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati.
This scheme is applicable to regular teachers working in government schools across managements such as – Zilla Parishad, Mandal Parishad, Municipal, Aided Schools, APMS, APSWREIS, APTWREIS, APREIS, KGBV, and DIETs under the Department of School Education.
In this regard, the District Educational Officers in the State are hereby requested to ensure a transparent, merit-based, and evidence-driven process. And the selection will be conducted purely on applications invited at District level (physical) and online at the state level, using objective data and digital portfolios and the eliminations are subjectivity and ensures all teachers, regardless of geography, have equitable access to Recognition.
Further, they are requested to scrutinize the proposals by the District Selection Committee duly following the procedural guidelines, Timelines and submit the same with specific recommendations to the Director of School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati.
Eligibility of Teachers for Awards:
- The nominations for awards will be called from Primary Schools, Upper Primary Schools, High Schools and Government DIETs and other Managements related to School Education.
- The teacher not apply for awards, but Recommended by Fellow
- Main Considerations for Selection of Teachers / Head Masters / Teacher Educators:
- Special Work done for raising the Standard of Educators.
- Inculcating Interest in extracurricular activities among the students
- Educational innovating writing useful to the students.
- Teachers / Head Masters / Teacher Educators who have completed 15 years of minimum Service.
- Teachers / Head Masters / Teacher Educators who have selected for State Awards earlier are not eligible.
- Teachers / Head Masters / Teacher Educators who have charges/disciplinary proceedings/criminal cases are not eligible.
- The recommendations regarding the selected teachers, which should not be more than one teacher from each category, shall be sent to the office of the Director of School Education duly filling the Certificate of antecedents and character, marks awarded to each nomination.
- In addition to the above categories, the Government have decided to felicitate the certain outstandingly performing.
- The District Educational Officer shall place the proposals received through proper channel i.e Mandal Educational Officer and Deputy Educational Officers and Principals of DIETS and Recommended by the Fellow teachers before the District Selection Committee for Selection of the Best Teachers.
- Incomplete and defective proposals shall be summarily be rejected by the District Selection If any District Committee sends particulars of more than one candidate in each category in deviation of the above instructions, all the nominations from those Districts will be rejected.
- Recommendations along with marks awarded by the Committee, which are signed by the District Selection Committee, proposals which are not having a gist of each item in proforma and the proposals without the Photographs not considered for Awards.
- The District Selection Committee should form the verification teams for verification of the facts / information provided by the applicant.
- Evaluation / marking of the applicants as per the Annexures.
- Certificate by District Selection Committee: the District Selection Committee shall certify that marks have been awarded after due verification of the facts.
- After the detailed evaluation of the applications, DSC will shortlist and forward to State Selection Committee.
- Criteria based on performance: The teachers will be awarded marks on criteria based on his / her performance i.e increase in student enrollment, initiatives to improve learning outcomes, innovative experiments undertaken, organization of extra and co-curricular activities, use of Teaching Learning Material, Social mobility, ensuring experiential learning, unique ways to ensure physical education to students etc.
- The District Selection Committee should recommend the teacher either State award or NFTW award.
The District Selection Committee shall recommend not more than one teacher from the following each category( Self Nomination) to the State Awards as
The Schedule of activities shall be as follows State and NFTW Awards:
| Sl.No |
Name of the category of the teachers
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| 1 |
The Headmasters of High Schools working under the State Government, Zilla Parishad, Municipal, Municipal Corporation, I.T.D.A. and Aided.
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| 2 |
Headmasters working under A.P.R.E.I.S.
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| 3 |
Headmasters working under A.P.S.W.R.E.I.S.
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| 4 |
Headmasters working under A.P.T.W.R.E.I.S.
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| 5 |
School Assistants/Headmasters of Upper Primary Schools working under State Government, Zilla Parishad, Mandal Parishad, Municipal, Municipal Corporation, I.T.D.A. and Aided.
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| 6 |
School Assistants of A.P.R.E.I.S. (T.G.T. & P.G.Ts.).
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| 7 |
School Assistants of A.P.S.W.R.E.I.S. (T.G.T. & P.G.Ts.).
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| 8 |
School Assistants of A.P.T.W.R.E.I.S. (T.G.T. & P.G.Ts.).
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| 9 |
Secondary Grade Teachers and equivalent caders working in Primary, Upper Primary Schools under State Government, Mandal Parishad, Municipal, Municipal Corporation, I.T.D.A. and Aided Managements.
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| 10 |
Telugu Pandits Grade – I/ Hindi Pandits Grade – I/ Urdu Pandits Grade – I.
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| 11 |
Sanskrit Pandits Grade – I & Grade – II (Working in all managements excluding Societies).
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| 12 |
School Assistant PE / Physical Education Teachers.
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| 13 |
Craft/Music /Drawing Teachers.
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| 14 |
All Senior Lecturers in D.I.E.Ts., under the State Government and Aided.
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The Selection process Timeline – offline:
| S. No |
Activity | Dates |
| 1 | Receipt of the applications from the teachers(All categories of posts) at O/o Divisional Level | 1.08.2025 to 8.08.2025 |
| 2 | Scrutiny & Finalization of Applications at the Divisional Level in the 1:3 ratios at the categories. |
11.08.2025 |
| 3 | Submission of Final list to the O/o the District Educational Officer. | 12.08.2025 |
| 4 | Scrutiny & Finalization of Applications at the District Level in 1:1 ratios at the categories. |
14.08.2025 |
| 5 | Submission of the final list at the District level to O/o the Director of School Education. |
16.08.2025 |
| 6 | Interview at the State Level | 21.08.2025 to 23.08.2025 |
| 7 | Shortlisted by the State Selection Committee. | 25.08.2025 |
| 8 | State Function | 05.09.2025. |
Selection Process Timeline – Online
| Sl. No: |
Activity | Timeline |
| 1 | State-Level Initial IT-Based Screening | 02.08.2025 |
| 2 | State-Level IT-Based Shortlisting | 04.08.2025 |
| 3 | Team verification by District-Level Committee | 08.08.2025 |
| 4 | Scrutiny & Finalization of Applications at the District Levelin 1:1 ratios across the categories. |
14.08.2025 |
| 5 | Submission of the final list by the District level to O/o the Director of School Education. | 16.08.2025 |
| 6 | Interview at the State Level | 21.08.2025 to 23.08.2025 |
| 7 | Announcement of Final Awardees | 25.08.2025 |
| 8 | Award Ceremony | 05.09.2025 |
Selection process for State Awards:
The following committees have been constituted for scrutinising/ shortlisting the applications in both Offline (District level) and Online (State level) received from the teachers for the State Best Teacher Awards 2025.
DIVISIONAL SELECTION COMMITTEE
| Deputy Educational Officer of the concerned division | Chairman |
| Senior Lecturer / Lecturer in DIET | Member |
| Senior-most Mandal Educational Officer I&II in the concerned division |
Member |
| Eminent Educationist | Member |
DISTRICT SELECTION COMMITTEE:
| District Collector | Chairman |
| District Educational Officer | Convener |
| Principal of DIET | Member |
| Eminent Educationist | Member |
| Any other District Level Officer (Nominated by District Collector) |
Member |
| Representative of Good Voluntary (Organization interested in Education) |
Member |
