Headmasters of 100 schools in the State have been selected for the Arignar Anna Leadership Award for excelling in various parameters fixed by the School Education Department.
They were selected by a State-level committee based on various parameters pertaining to the 2023-24 academic year. Overall development of the school, performance of students in education, performance in sports, infrastructure development, Illam Thedi Kalvi and activities of school management association were among the parameters.
Minister for Municipal Administration K.N. Nehru and Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi distributed the awards to the headmasters at a function here on Sunday. Collector V. Saravanan was present. The schools associated with the respective award winners were given ₹10 lakh each.
Similarly, 76 schools in the State were given the Professor Anbazhagan Award for the best performance. The headmasters of the schools received the awards and ₹10 lakh each for the development of their respective school.
Government Higher Secondary School, Paranthur, Kancheepuram district, St. Joseph’s Girls Government Aided School, Tiruvarur, Government Higher Secondary School, Valadi in Tiruchi district, Municipal High School, Erode and Government High School, Kondamanaiyakkanpatti in Theni district were given Mission Nature award for promoting environmental activities for 2024-25 year.
