State Teacher Awards, Srestha Vidyalaya Puraskaram announced in Keralam

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The Kerala government has announced the winners of this year’s state teacher awards and the newly launched Srestha Vidyalaya Puraskaram for the best schools in the state. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, General Education Minister N. Samsudheen said that the state teacher awards would be given in five categories.

The winners of the state teacher awards in the lower primary category are Abdul Azees I, Principal (Malappuram); MG Geethamma, Head Teacher (Pathanamthitta); Joshi D. Kollannur, Head Teacher (Thrissur); Susan Kuruvila, Head Teacher (Pathanamthitta); and Kannan S., Head Teacher (Kollam).

In the upper primary school category, the winners are Janil John, primary school teacher (Thrissur); Abdul Ali MC, Upper Primary Teacher (Malappuram); Johnson VJ, Head Teacher (Palakkad); Siddique Hassan A., Head Teacher (Malappuram); and James V., Head Teacher (Kozhikode).

In the high school category, Sunil Kumar KP, Malayalam teacher (Kannur); Ali Akbar VP, High School Teacher (Malappuram); Vinod Kumar K., Managing Teacher (Kannur); Sirajuddin PT, Science Teacher (Kozhikode); and Rajesh M., Mathematics Teacher (Palakkad) won the award.

Bindu P. Subhash, Sociology teacher (Malappuram) won the award in the higher secondary school category; Bhaskaran P., Malayalam Teacher (Palakkad); Babu Mathew, Director (Pathanamthitta); Sreeja K., Botany Teacher (Kozhikode) and Sunil Kumar K., Malayalam Teacher (Kollam).

The Vocational Higher Secondary Education Award went to Jinesh A., Principal (Malappuram); Sameer Siddiqui P., Vocational Instructor (Kasaragod); and Satheesh TV, Vocational Teacher in Accounting and Auditing (Thrissur).

Srestha Vidyalayam Puraskaram

The Srestha Vidyalayam Puraskaram, announced as part of the 100-day program of the state government, will be distributed in three categories from this year, the minister said.

In the primary category, the top three winners are GUPS, Beemapally, Thiruvananthapuram; UPS St. Philomena, Mallappally, Pathanamthitta; National LP School, Edavaka, Wayanad. In the secondary category, Government Boys HSS, Manjeri, Malappuram bagged the first position. Mount Carmel HSS, Kottayam, finished second, followed by GHSS, Chavassery, Iritty, Kannur.

In the higher secondary category, the awards for the top three schools went to Chakkalakkal HSS, Madavoor, Kozhikode; GHSS, Kamballur, Kasaragod; and St. George HSS, Vazhathope, Idukki. The school ranked first in each of the three categories will receive a cash prize of ₹5,000, while the other two schools in each category will receive ₹3,00,000 and ₹1,00,000 respectively.

The State Teacher Awards and Srestha Vidyalaya Puraskaram will be presented at Kandamkulam Jubilee Hall, Kozhikode, at 10.30 am on September 5 (Saturday). The revamped website of the general education department will be inaugurated on the occasion, the minister said at a press conference here on Tuesday.

Published – 01 Sep 2026 16:15 IST