TOI to honour education warriors for scripting ‘new normal’ in crisis

Lucknow: At a time when Covid-19 pandemic is proving to be a major roadblock for professionals, there are some who have shone and worked more hours than before in a challenging situation.

To pay a tribute to such people, The Times of India will organise an online event called ‘Education Warriors’ to felicitate teachers and institutions.

Wednesday’s event will be a tribute to educationists for championing the new normal in education. It will be live-streamed on NBT Lucknow’s Facebook page from 12pm.

An online brainstorming session on ‘New Education Policies and Online Education’ will be held in which academicians like former CBSE chairman and former director of education, UP, Ashok Ganguly; Lucknow University vice-chancellor Prof Alok Kumar Rai, president of the UP Unaided Private Schools Association Anil Agarwal and founder of Project Out Of School Children and trustee of St Paul’s School Amreesh A Chandra will participate.

The event will have deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma as chief guest.

TOI will honour 14 teachers for their contribution. These are Rakesh Kumar Chattree of Christ Church College, Prof Geeta Gandhi of City Montessori School, Brajendra Singh of Pioneer Montessori School, Jai Pal Singh, Mohinder Singh and Narender Pratap Singh of Rani Laxmi Bai Memorial Group of Schools, Pushpalata Agarwal of St Joseph Group of Institutions, SP Singh of Lucknow Public Collegiate, Promini Chopra of Seth MR Jaipuria schools, Harish Chandra Pandey of Central Academy, Deepak Madhok of Sunbeam Group Of Educational Institutions, Varanasi, Pawan Singh Chauhan of S R Global Institute, Umesh Gupta of The Indian Academy, Pushpa Gupta of Uma Devi Children’s Academy, Amreesh A Chandra of Online World School & Go Learn Guru and president of Unaided Private Schools Association Uttar Pradesh Anil Agarwal and its secretary Mala Mehra.