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DEHRADUN: In an attempt to motivate teachers to improve their performance, the state government is now planning to reward one best teacher each across four categories every month. They would then evaluate them based on the performance of their students and give them a score out of 50. “The judges, who will be principals and officials of the education department, will rank officials on a score out of 50. Teachers of junior and senior classes will be eligible for the award, according to a circular issued by the director general (school education) recently.Education director RK Kunwar told TOI that a best teacher would be selected from each category every month. If two teachers in the same category get similar marks, the one who has scored more in academic activities will be given preference..