The Assam government will honour 15 teachers from 14 districts with the State Teachers’ Award 2026 on Saturday, September 5, recognising their contribution to school education across the state on the 65th Teachers’ Day.
The award ceremony will be held at the Sri Sri Damodardeva International Auditorium in Guwahati. The awardees include principals, postgraduate teachers, assistant teachers, head teachers and a headmaster serving in secondary and elementary education institutions.
The teachers were selected on the recommendations of the State Level Selection Committee, with the final list subsequently approved by the state government. The list of awardees was issued by the Directorate of Secondary Education, Assam.
Nine teachers have been selected under the secondary education category.
They are Shyamalima Borah, Principal of Malow Ali Higher Secondary School in Jorhat; Bijan Roy Bhowmick, Assistant Teacher at Kamakhya Vidyalay High School in Kamrup Metropolitan; Manab Bharali, Post Graduate Teacher at Govt Gurdon HS School in Nalbari; Riju Kumar Chutia, Post Graduate Teacher at PM Shri Rahmaria Higher Secondary School in Dibrugarh; Probin Koch, Post Graduate Teacher at Tezpur Govt HS School in Sonitpur; Ranendra Kumar Das, Principal of PM Shri Bhella HS School in Barpeta; Azizur Rahman, Post Graduate Teacher at PM Shri Jamadarhat Janata HS School in Dhubri; Manik Chandra Nath, Assistant Teacher at Barapujia Higher Secondary School in Nagaon; and Bibi Prasad Brahma, Assistant Teacher at Harinaguri High School in Kokrajhar.
Six teachers have been selected under the elementary education category.
The recipients are Pulaska Rajkhowa, Head Teacher of Chowkial LP School in Golaghat; Saranga Nirmalia, Head Teacher of Hatikhali Assamese LP School in Lumding, Hojai; Diti Moni Dutta, Assistant Teacher at Phatikachowa Abhoipuria MVS in Dibrugarh; Befula Deka Saikia, Assistant Teacher at No. 182 Gobinda Dham LPS in Darrang; Swastyayan Deb, Assistant Teacher at No. 57 Tikal Par TE LPS in Cachar; and Kamsing Hanse, Headmaster of Bakaliaghat Govt MV School in Karbi Anglong.
Dibrugarh accounts for two of the 15 award recipients, while the other 13 districts have one recipient each. The awardees come from different types of schools and hold a range of teaching and administrative responsibilities, reflecting the contribution of educators at various levels of school education.
The State Teachers’ Award is being presented as part of the Teachers’ Day observance, which is held annually on September 5. The day marks the birth anniversary of former President of India and noted educationist Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.