Teachers donate award money to CM’s COVID-19 relief fund

The annual award that recognises excellence among teachers, is presented by the State’s School Education Department.

Nine out of the 13 teachers from the district who received the State government’s Dr. Radhakrishnan Award on Teacher’s Day, donated the ₹10,000 purse given to them to the Chief Minister’s COVID-19 relief fund. The annual award that recognises excellence among teachers, is presented by the State’s School Education Department. Thirteen teachers from the district who were selected for the award this year were presented with the award - ₹10,000, a medal and a citation - at the Collectoate in the presence of Collector S. Aneesh Sekhar and Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan. M. Murugeshwari, Headmistress of Government Kallar Primary School in Munduvelampatti, who was among the first few awardees on stage to announce their contribution to the CM’s relief fund, said, “I am happy and proud to have received this prestigious award. Since I have been seeing so many people in my village suffering financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I thought I should give away the money to the CM’s COVID-19 relief fund. This is a small contribution from the teaching community to help people return to leading their normal lives.”