The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, will confer the National Teachers’ Awards 2026 on 48 school teachers at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 5 September 2026. The awards recognise teachers whose professional work and innovation have improved the quality of school education and positively influenced students. The ceremony is associated with Teachers’ Day, observed in India on 5 September in memory of former President and educationist Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. HSSC candidates should remember the award count, presenter, venue and date. This current-affairs item can also be connected to the static-GK fact that National Teachers’ Day commemorates Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birth anniversary.
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- 148 school teachers selected
- 2Presented by President Droupadi Murmu
- 3Date: 5 September 2026
- 4Venue: Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
- 5Occasion: Teachers’ Day
- 65 September marks Dr. S. Radhakrishnan’s birth anniversary