Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday announced that every govt primary school in the state will receive at least two tablet computers to introduce digital and computer education at the primary level.Speaking on Teachers’ Day, Sawant noted that state govt has not yet introduced computers or digital education in primary classes. “On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, I would like to announce providing a minimum of two tablet computers to each govt primary school,” he said.He clarified that the tablets will be shared by all students, who can use them to learn digital skills. Govt will also provide computer training to primary school teachers.Sawant said teachers play a key role in building students’ careers and helping realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making India a developed nation.During the Teachers’ Day event, nine teachers were felicitated with the CM Vashistha Guru Puraskar 2025–2026 for exemplary work in education.In the primary teacher category, the award went to Eshwar Parab of Govt Primary School in Surla, Bicholim, and Arati Kolambkar of Govt Primary School in Chaudi, Canacona.In the secondary teacher category, the awardees were Nitin Naik, physical education teacher at Shivajiraje High School, Sal, Bicholim; Devendra Sathe of Dattaram Mantravadi Memorial High School, Mapusa; Prashant Tari, special educator at the Gujarathi Samaj Educational Trust for the Handicap Special School, Aquem, Margao; and Gourish Vernekar, drawing teacher at Shree Katyayani Baneshwar High School, Canacona.In the high school headmaster category, Narendra Naik of Govt High School, Hankhane, Pernem, and Mable Maria Perpetua Vaz e Da Costa of Mae Dos Pobres High School, Nuvem, were honoured.In the higher secondary principal category, Umesh Naik of Shri Shantadurgra Higher Secondary School, Pirna, received the award.Sawant said there was no partiality in the selection process and that awards were being given to teachers who had excelled in their work.
