Nabarangpur, 9th Sept 2025: The district-level Teachers’ Day celebration and Chief Minister’s Education Award ceremony were held at Raja Chaitanya Dev Nodal Government High School in Nabarangpur.
The event was chaired by District Education Officer (DEO) Mr. Chhatrapati Sahu, with honourable Nabarangpur MLA Mr. Gauri Shankar Majhi as the chief guest and Additional District Collector Mr. Tapan Kumar Khuntia as the guest of honour.
Other dignitaries present included:
Ravindra, District Welfare Officer
Dr. Malay Ranjan Tripathy, Additional Chief District Medical Officer
Dr. Omkar Pattnaik, District Education Department representative
Princy Pal, Educational Institution representative
Prakash Meher and Mr. Prakash Chandra Mahalik, Additional DEO
Mr. Sudipta Kumar Das, Head Teacher
Chittaranjan Pattnaik, District Science Supervisor
Mr. Prakash Chandra Mahalik delivered the welcome address.
In his speech, MLA Mr. Majhi praised various initiatives undertaken by the Nabarangpur District Education Department and emphasized the role of teachers in nation-building. He also called on everyone to work together to eliminate the infamous dropout rate in the district.
The DEO Mr. Sahu provided detailed information about government education initiatives such as:
SPARK
Shiksha Setu
Lakshya
Super 100
Teaching videos in Gondi and Bhatri languages
Award Presentation Highlights:
14 secondary teachers
10 primary teachers
1 CRCC (Cluster Resource Centre Coordinator)
38 headmasters of secondary schools
were felicitated for achieving 100% results in the recent Matriculation examination.
Mr. Sudipta Das offered the vote of thanks, while Mr. Naresh Pattnaik served as the stage coordinator.
Blood Donation Camp Organized:
On this occasion, a blood donation camp was also organized, inaugurated by the honourable MLA, who encouraged the donors.
A total of 58 units of blood were collected.
The camp was managed by:
Prabhat Pattnaik, Junior Red Cross Officer
Prakashini Choudhury, SBIR Coordinator
Teachers from various blocks of Nabarangpur district participated in the blood donation.
From the District Headquarters Hospital Blood Bank, the following lab technicians provided medical assistance to donors:
Arun Kumar Swain
Martin Chhatra
Hemant Raut
Sambit Mishra