Ayya wins national award

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThey say that the best reward that anyone can give their teachers is provide them with the results of their hard work. The Human Resource Development Ministry of India goes a step ahead and presents a national award every year to deserving teachers, to provide them with public recognition. Instituted in 1958, the award list for 2011 includes Tamil teacher S Mathialagan from the Hindu Higher Secondary School in Triplicane.The 57-year-old has been teaching Tamil for the past 31 years. “I love the language and so, teaching Tamil was a natural choice for me. Winning the award was a proud moment,” he says.Mathialagan has also held the post of district secretary of the Tamil Asiriyar Kazhagam and is currently the joint secretary at the state level.His efforts inside and outside the classroom is what helped him win the award, he says. “Not only do my students secure excellent results, but they have also been excelling in extra curricular activities,” he adds.Grammar might be his personal favourite, but it is one that his students most often fail to grasp. Fondly called ‘ayya’ by his students, Mathialagan has no qualms in admitting that most students these days are not interested in languages. “Students from the higher secondary are more interested in their core subjects. They are indifferent to subjects like these most of the time,” he laments.He also says that most students these days care more for marks than the joy of learning. “The thirst to really learn is absent with students these days. You come to school not only to write exams and get marks, but also to learn value added traits like humility, generosity and respect among others. Sadly, all that is lost among today’s crowd,” he says.first published:September 08, 2012, 09:31 ISTlast updated:September 08, 2012, 09:31 IST
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They say that the best reward that anyone can give their teachers is provide them with the results of their hard work. The Human Resource Development Ministry of India goes a step ahead and presents a national award every year to deserving teachers, to provide them with public recognition. Instituted in 1958, the award list for 2011 includes Tamil teacher S Mathialagan from the Hindu Higher Secondary School in Triplicane.

The 57-year-old has been teaching Tamil for the past 31 years. “I love the language and so, teaching Tamil was a natural choice for me. Winning the award was a proud moment,” he says.

Mathialagan has also held the post of district secretary of the Tamil Asiriyar Kazhagam and is currently the joint secretary at the state level.

His efforts inside and outside the classroom is what helped him win the award, he says. “Not only do my students secure excellent results, but they have also been excelling in extra curricular activities,” he adds.

Grammar might be his personal favourite, but it is one that his students most often fail to grasp. Fondly called ‘ayya’ by his students, Mathialagan has no qualms in admitting that most students these days are not interested in languages. “Students from the higher secondary are more interested in their core subjects. They are indifferent to subjects like these most of the time,” he laments.

He also says that most students these days care more for marks than the joy of learning. “The thirst to really learn is absent with students these days. You come to school not only to write exams and get marks, but also to learn value added traits like humility, generosity and respect among others. Sadly, all that is lost among today’s crowd,” he says.