Ratnamma NM, recipient of teacher’s award
He recalls his deputation in 2009 to the Gruhalakshmi Layout school, which had no building. There are 850 students in 26 classrooms. She finds joy in teaching math Shaina Kumari M, 43, teaches math at Karnataka Public School at Jeevanbheema Nagar.
I approached corporates and NGOs to develop the school,” he said. We provide all facilities like smart classrooms, robotics, computer science from primary level,” he said. There is special joy in teaching math… There’s an inexplicable joy when you make it easy for a child and he gets the answer right,” she said. We request the govt to ensure that we are allowed to focus on teaching,” she said.
“Classes were taken under a tree in an empty site. The school had two students, and I was the lone teacher. I took it as a challenge and developed the school. “The atmosphere at home was such that everyone was into teaching, which naturally motivated me to step into the same profession. She is a novelist, a teacher trainer and a resource person for various activities of the education department. “Govt school teachers are brilliant. But, non-teaching work like SIR and census work is keeping us away from the classrooms.
“Today, it can compete with any private school in the neighbourhood.
Bengaluru: This Teacher’s Day , 20 primary and 11 high school teachers will get the state teacher awards. Krishnamurthy KS, Govt Model Higher Primary School, Gruhalakshmi Layout, recalls how he got an order copy for joining the police force and becoming a teacher in 1998. Of these, three are from schools in Bengaluru. TOI caught up with them to understand their passion for the job and what keeps them going. His parents refused to let him join the force, so he became a teacher. And after that, there was no looking back.