Mysuru: A total of 26 teachers have been chosen for the District-level Best Teacher Award out of which nine teachers are from Mysuru Zone.

The awards will be presented to them at the District-level Teachers’ Day function organised by the District Administration in association with Zilla Panchayat, Teachers and Children Welfare Fund, Bengaluru, and the Department of Public Instruction at Kalamandira on Hunsur Road in city today afternoon.

While eight teachers have been selected from Lower Primary Schools, nine teachers are from Higher Primary Section and another nine teachers from the High School Section for the Best Teacher Awards.

The award-winning teachers are as follows:

Lower Primary School

H.K. Chandranayaka, Assistant Teacher, Shravananahalli in Hunsur taluk.

Mahesh, In-charge Head Master, Tandre in K.R. Nagar taluk.

M.D. Umadevi, Assistant Teacher, Jayanagar, South Zone, Mysuru.

D. Mahadeva, Assistant Teacher, Shyadanahalli in Mysuru taluk.

S. Nagaraju, In-Charge Head Master, Basavattige in Nanjangud taluk.

T. Kumar,  Assistant Teacher, Timakapura in Periyapatna taluk.

M. Kongaiah, In-Charge Head Master, A.J. Colony, Talakad in T. Narasipur taluk.

S. Shaheena, Assistant Teacher, Mandi Ahmadiya, North Zone, Mysuru.

Higher Primary School

M.K. Manjunath, Asst. Teacher, Haleyur in H.D. Kote taluk.

G.R. Shashikala, Assistant Teacher, Devagalli in Hunsur taluk.

Padma, Assistant Teacher, Vinayakanagar, North Zone, Mysuru.

V. Gopalaiah, Head Master, Vasanthnagar, South Zone, Mysuru.

Rohe Afza, Assistant Teacher, Nehru Nagar in Mysuru taluk.

H.V. Keshavamurthy, Assistant Teacher, Kalale in Nanjangud taluk.

S.S. Jagadish, Head Master, Maalangi in Periyapatna taluk.

C.N. Shivanna, Head Master, Rangasamudra in T. Narasipur taluk.

Mohan Kumar, Assistant Teacher, Kaggare in K.R. Nagar taluk.

High School Section

G. Nanjundaswamy, Assistant Teacher, Hommaragalli in H.D. Kote taluk.

S.B. Jagadish, Assistant Teacher, Tandre in K.R. Nagar taluk.

G. Gayatri, Assistant Teacher, South Zone, Mysuru.

Mayanga, Physical Education Teacher, Siddaramanahundi in Mysuru taluk.

M.P. Nataraju, Head Master, Badanavalu in Nanjangud taluk.

K. Suresh, Drawing Teacher, Musuvinakoppal in T. Narasipur taluk.

A.S. Narayanagowda, Physical Education Teacher, Bettadapura in Periyapatna taluk.

A.S. Basavanna, Assistant Teacher, Medar Block, North Zone, Mysuru.

V. Yogendra, Physical Education Teacher, Kothegala in Hunsur taluk.

The Best Teacher Awards will be presented by Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh in the presence of Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda, MPs Pratap Simha and R. Dhruvanarayan, MLAs, MLCs and others.