CBSE Honour for Excellence in Teaching and School Leadership 2020-21
The Central Board of Secondary Education honours outstanding teachers and Principals of its
affiliated schools annually on Teachers’ Day i.e. 5th September to recognise their exemplary
contribution to enhance the quality of teaching and learning.This is done to motivate the teaching
fraternity of CBSE affiliated schools.
Honour – Each honour consists of a merit certificate and a cash prize of ₹50,000/-.
Category of Honours –
Honours in various categories have been introduced. The number of honours in each category is
given in Annexure ‘A’.
Eligibility
1. All teachers presently working with the private schools affiliated to CBSE who have
completed at least 10 years of regular service as a teacher in either CBSE or any other
recognized Board of School Education affiliated school(s) by 31st March 2021 can apply.
2. All Principals of the private schools affiliated to CBSE who have completed 10 years of
regular service as a teacher and 5 years as a Principal in CBSE affiliated school(s) by 31st
March 2021 can apply.
3. Teachers or Principals retired on 31st March 2021 or after may also apply if they fulfill all
other conditions.
4. Teachers or Principals who have already received CBSE Honour can apply for the National
Award by Ministry of Education, if they are still otherwise eligible.
5. Principals cannot apply in the category of teachers.
6. An applicant can apply under only one category.
Selection Criteria
The applicants will be evaluated on the basis of general and specific criteria as given in
Annexure ‘B’.
Submission of Application
1. Only ONLINE Applications will be accepted. The link for registration and filling the
application is available at a tab along with a tab for this circular at:
http://www.cbse.nic.in/ . , http://cbseacademic.nic.in/
The last date of submission of application is 28th June 2021. No other mode of submission of
application is allowed.
2. All applicants shall apply directly by filling the application form online on or before 28th June
2021 and submit the following along with the application:
a. Undertaking to the effect that all the particulars submitted are correct and copies
of documents uploaded are genuine. If anything is found incorrect or forged at any
stage, candidature will be liable for rejection and honour may be summarily
withdrawn, if conferred. This can even lead to punishment as per the rule;
b. Birth certificate;
c. Vigilance Clearance Certificate furnished by the Chairman/Manager of the School;
d. Certificate of Continuous and Regular Service furnished by the Chairman/Manager
of school after verifying that there is no break in the service of the applicant during
the last 10 years (in case of teachers) and 15 years (in case of Principals);
e. Certificates/degrees and mark statements of Class 10/11/12/Equivalent;
Graduation; Post Graduation and NTT/ ETE/ B.El.Ed. /B.Ed./ Others;
f. Class Result in Board/School.
g. Recommendation Letters.
Selection Procedure
1. A number of top scorers equal to 04 times the number of honours in each category from
the final merit list will be shortlisted based on general criteria. For deciding the inter se
merit, the following criteria will be used:
a. Experience in related field
b. Age
c. Higher Qualification
d. Percentage in Educational Qualification
In case of a tie after applying the above criteria, CBSE reserves the right to decide
alternative criteria to finalize the merit.
2. Two days’ time will be given to shortlisted applicants for uploading their verified
documents. All the applicants are advised to keep their documents ready in uploadable form.
All documents must be signed by the applicant and countersigned/verified by the
Head of the school in case of a teacher and by the Chairman/Manager of the School in
case of a Principal.
3. Checking of documents of the shortlisted applicants will be done by a National Level
Scrutiny Committee. The Committee will prepare category wise merit list of the
shortlisted applicants based on the scores obtained by them in the general and specific
criteria.
4. The shortlisted applicants will be invited for an online interactive session with the
National Level Screening Committee.
5. Selection of final recipients by the Committee and announcement of honours will be made
online on the CBSE portal.
6. The names of the top 6 scorers will be forwarded to Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
for National Teachers Award.
All school heads are requested to widely publicize the information to all the concerned teachers.
It is reiterated that the complete information as desired may be uploaded on the portal on or
before the last date. For any query or clarification, please mail at
cbseteachershonours@gmail.com.
Start Date For Online Application : 7th June, 2021
Last Date For Online Application : 28th June, 2021
General Instructions
The application shall be treated complete only if all the mandatory Steps(Registration, General Criteria, Specific Criteria & Recommendations) are submitted successfully. In case candidate is not able to submit all the required parts of the form, the application will be treated as incomplete/rejected.
All documents to be uploaded should only be in PDF format with size not exceeding 1MB.
Photograph to be uploaded should be in JPG format with size not exceeding 50 KB.
For any query please drop a mail at : cbseteachershonours@gmail.com
Only CBSE Private Independent Schools are allowed.
Start Date For Online Application : 7th June, 2021
Last Date For Online Application : 28th June, 2021
