New Delhi: As many as 118 teachers across various categories were honoured by chief minister Rekha Gupta at the Shikshak Mahakumbh-State Teachers Awards 2026 held at Thyagaraj Stadium on Teachers’ Day for their contributions to education.
Sood credited teachers with strengthening Delhi’s education system and said NEP 2020 aimed not only to bring children to school but also to improve learning outcomes.
“They instil values, skills, confidence, a sense of duty and the right direction in life,” she said, adding that a teacher’s influence was not limited to an individual student but helped shape an entire generation. Gupta also underlined the role of teachers in ensuring child safety, including by creating awareness about “good touch and bad touch”. Referring to govt’s resolve to make Delhi free of begging, she said the first step was to ensure that no child remained outside the education system.
The CM urged teachers, institutions and citizens to help bring out-of-school children into mainstream education.