Chandigarh University organized the
first-ever Chandigarh Schools Excellence Awards (CSEA) on 19th May in
association with Chandigarh Welfare Trust (CWT) at Mahatma Gandhi State
Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA) in Sector 26, Chandigarh. It was
organized to recognize and honour the consistent efforts of teachers and
principals of schools in Chandigarh for their contributions in imparting
quality education to the youth.
The first edition of the Chandigarh Schools
Excellence Awards witnessed a huge response in which more than 200 schools from
all over Chandigarh participated. A total of 237 awards were conferred under 21
categories, which include 4 categories of principal’s awards, 7 categories of
teacher’s awards, and 10 categories of school’s awards.
Punjab Governor and UT Administrator
Banwarilal Purohit was the chief guest for the occasion whereas UT Adviser
Dharam Pal was the guest of honor. The attendees also included dignitaries CWT founder and Chancellor
Chandigarh University Satnam Singh Sandhu, Director School Education Harsuhinder
Pal Singh Brar, and District Education Officer (DEO) Bindu Arora.
Chandigarh University Chancellor Satnam
Singh Sandhu, on the occasion, announced two new certificate courses for the
school principals and teachers, to improve their skills and impart new-age
teaching-learning pedagogy. While a leadership and training course will be run
for principals, a teachers’ training certificate course for teachers.