On Teachers Day, 150 Educators from across the Country, awarded with 8th AMP
National Award for Excellence in Education 2024 at Bhopal!
“This country belongs to all its Citizens and for its progress, Education and Health should be given top
priority.”
– Shri Digvijay Singh, Former Chief Minister – MP & Member – Rajya Sabha
Thursday, 5 th September 2024:
The importance of teachers can be understood by the quote of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) wherein he said that "I have been sent only as a teacher to you". The Prophet (PBUH) impacted the hearts and
minds of people through various educational activities.
The role of a teacher/educator in society is both significant and valuable. Thus, since 2017, AMP has honoured and appreciated the role of Teachers & Educators from across India for their outstanding services and invaluable contribution to Students’ lives and the Society at large.
The felicitation programme of 8th AMP National Awards for Excellence in Education 2024, was held on Teachers’ Day at an impressive function in Ravindra Bhawan, Raj Bhavan Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It was attended by some of the Awards Winners, specially invited Guests, AMP members & volunteers and members of the Academic Community. Other winners who could not travel to Bhopal attended the function online and many others on social media platforms.
Digvijay Singh, Former Chief Minister – MP, and Member – Rajya, was the Chief Guest for the Felicitation programme. He greeted and praised all teachers on the occasion and appreciated immensely AMP’s initiative of bringing together Muslim Professionals for contributing back to the Society. He said that for Progress of the Country, Education and Health should be given top priority.
He also emphasised that Muslims should get into professional education for the progress of the Community.Prof. Furqan Qamar, Former Vice Chancellor – University of Rajasthan & Central University of Himachal Pradesh, in his keynote address, said “Our participation in Higher Education should be increased and we should demand more from the Government being a sizable section of the population.” He further added that Public investment in Education have to made to make Education affordable for those in Rural areas, women and landless labourers who lack in Higher Education.
Maulana Syed Mushtaq Ali Nadvi, Shahar Qazi – Bhopal, who was the Presiding Speaker at the event quoted Allama Iqbal and “The soil of Hindustan is very fertile and amenable to good works from its Citizens.” He told the gathering that they should be thankful that The Almighty Allah made them a Teacher because as per the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), a good teacher can reach near th elevel of Prophets.
The winners of the awards were selected by the eminent jury of 14 eminent Educationists and Academicians (https://ampindia.org/AMP_Education_Awards) from thousands of nominations received from across India.
These awards were given in the following 7 categories as follows;
-Primary and Secondary Teachers
-College and University Teachers
-Principals/Head of Institutions
– Islamic Education (Arabic/Fiqh/Islamic Studies)
-Educational Institutions
– Lifetime Awards
-Late Ibrahim Quereshi Memorial Award
The Late Ibrahim Quereshi Memorial Award was presented to Prof Furqan Qamar for his outstanding service in the field of education.
The Lifetime Achievement Awards were given to the following Educators;
1) Hazrat Maulana Sayyed Muhammad Aqil, Shaykhul Hadith-Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur, UP
2) Jamaluddin Ahmad Khan, Ex-Lecturer-Halim Musim Inter College, Kanpur, UP
3) Sharifa A. Azeez, Correspondent, Crescent Matriculation H.Sec. School, Chennai, TN
4) Sheila Lawrence, Former Headmistress-Lucknow Christian College, Lucknow, UP
Besides above winners, a total of 78 teachers were also given Special Jury Awards for the Primary &
Secondary, Higher Education & Heads of Institution categories.
Besides these, 50 My Favourite Teacher Awards were also given to those teachers who were voted by
Students and Parents across the Country.
Dr. Usha Khare, National Teacher Awardee (Govt. of India) and State Teacher Awardee (Govt. of M.P.), and one of the Guests of Honour, who recently retired as the Principal of the Jahangirabad Girls Government School in Bhopal, recounted her experience of how she went around the impoverished mohallas requesting the parents to send their daughters to School for education. She mentioned that she donated her entire prize money she won of Rs. 25 lakhs, at Kaun Banega Crorepati show to the School and on retirement she left around 1.5 Crores worth of assets for the School.
Other Guests of Honour included, Mr. Arif Masood, MLA – Bhopal Central, Mr. Atif Arif Aqueel, MLA – Bhopal North and M. Wazir Ansari IPS (R), Former DGP – Chhattisgarh. Each of them applauded AMP’s extraordinary achievements in the filed of Education & Employment in the last 17 years. They also congratulated the organising team and the jury for the very thorough selection of the Awardees andfor conducting the felicitation programme in a professional manner.Farooq Siddiqui, Head – AMP National Coordination Team, hosted the show brilliantly and recountedhow from a small humble beginning AMP has now reached across the Country in 200+ Cities and itsvolunteers in may countries around the Globe.
The guests were welcomed by Kaleem Akhtar, Zonal Head – Central India, AMP NGO Connect. SajidQureshi, Acting President – Late Ibrahim Qureshi Memorial Study Circle, Bhopal thanked AMP forgiving him the opportunity to support and associate with this great event. Rafat Iqbal Farooqi, State Head – AMP Madhya Pradesh proposed the Vote of Thanks to the Guests and the Awardees, and to theentire MP State & Bhopal Chapter Team Members for working hard to make the entire programme a
great success.
