President Ram Nath Kovind confers National Teachers’ Award to Yakub Koyyur

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Sept 6, 2020: Yakub Koyyur, a high school teacher from Dakshina Kannada who is the first to set up a laboratory for mathematics in any government school in the State, is one among the 47 teachers honoured with the National Teachers’ Awards on Saturday.

President Ram Nath Kovind presented the awards at a ‘virtual’ ceremony in the presence of Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre and Secretary, School Education Anita Karwal.

The award winning teachers joined the ceremony through video conferencing from their respective schools.

Yakub S, a high school teacher from Belthangaddy in Dakshina Kannada district was honoured for setting up the first laboratory for mathematics in any government school.

"The national award is a reward for hard work and sincere effort to give quality education to the students of a Govt School. I am greatful to all for this national recognition", Yakub said.

“I have created 500 educational videos on YouTube, around 300 focused on mathematics to make the subject interesting for students,” Yakub told.

He said the videos, explaining mathematics is simple Kannada, were being used to impart education across the state. Yakub said the ‘Maths Magic’ YouTube channel is mainly targeted at high school students.