Each One Teach One: National Teachers Award 2026
Why in the news
An Assam schoolteacher was honoured at the 2026 National Teachers Awards for a home-based learning idea in which children instruct their own mothers.
Key facts
- Awardee: Rajesh Bordoloi of Assam, honoured at the National Teachers Award 2026.
- Initiative: Each One Teach One.
- How it works: pupils of Class 10 become tutors to their mothers at home.
- Skills taught: literacy basics, using a smartphone, UPI, net banking and other digital services.
Significance
- Shows that students can act as community educators.
- Helps reduce both literacy gaps and digital gaps within families.
Exam angle
- Awardee and state: Rajesh Bordoloi, Assam.
- Learners: mothers; tutors: Class 10 pupils.
- Award: National Teachers Award 2026.