Sixteen headmasters and teachers from Begusarai district have been instructed to appear before the District Selection Committee for the National Teacher Award-2026. District Education Officer (DEO) Manoj Kumar has asked all selected teachers to appear before the committee on July 24 and submit the necessary documents. The DEO stated that teachers must submit a copy of all documents uploaded on the website for the National Teacher Award to the District Selection Committee. After verification of these documents, the district-level selection process will be completed.

Among the selected teachers are Shivnath Prasad, in-charge principal of the Higher Secondary School located in Rani-Ek Panchayat of Bachhwara block, and Santosh Rai, in-charge headmaster of Upgraded Middle School, Karunatar, located in Bhikhamchak Panchayat. The meeting of the District Selection Committee will be chaired by DEO Manoj Kumar. Dr. Sanjay Chaudhary, Principal of DIET Begusarai, and Awadhesh Kumar Singh, Principal of SBSS College, will be members of the committee. The list of district-level selected teachers will be sent to the state and central selection committees. Finally selected teachers will be honored with the National Teacher Award by the President on the occasion of Teacher's Day.