National Awards to Teachers Online Application 2022, How to submit at NAT website

How to Apply for National Awards to Teachers 2022 Online application form (Apply Online) at  https://nationalawardstoteachers.education.gov.in. Step by Step Procedure to apply online provided here. MHRD  has given the National Awards to Teachers notification for Selection of Best Teachers for National Awards and receiving Proposals in the prescribed Online Application Form for selection of teachers for National Awards for this year.

Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi implements the “National Awards to Teachers” scheme every year and requested to all the teachers in India to submit the Online application forms for selection of Teachers for National Awards for the year.

MHRD has extended the last date to apply for National Award to Teachers or NAT till 20-06-2022. The NAT is conferred to teachers and heads of schools working in recognized primary, middle, high, and higher secondary schools. Teachers from both government and private schools can apply for the NAT.

This year candidates shortlisted by District Selection Committee and State/UT Selection Committee will get certificates. Teachers can apply from mobile phones also. Teachers who have completed their service by the end of the last academic year and have recently retired can also apply. Interested persons are requested to apply through MHRD websites

Name of the Registration	NAT Registration 2022
Title	Submit National Awards to Teachers Online Application 2022
Subject	MoE has released the NAT Registration 2022 form
Category	Application Form
Last date to apply	20-06-2022
website	nationalawardstoteachers.education.gov.in
NAT Schedule	National Awards to Teachers Schedule

Interested teachers can apply online at https://nationalawardstoteachers.mhrd.gov.in/. Visit the official website and click on the ‘Login/Register’ tab to apply for the award. Registration open. Steps to Access the Information: A NAT Web Portal has been developed as Online Application for Self Nomination by Teachers as a first step followed by shortlisting and final selection.

Step	Instruction
Step 1	Click on New Registration
Step 2	Fill the Basic Information
Step 3	Click Submit
Step 4	Confirm Mobile Number by OTP
Step 5	Login with Mobile Number as User Name & Create your Password
Step 6	Enter your details in each Section and keep saving Individual Section
Step 7	Final Submission
NAT Website Address	http://nationalawardstoteachers.mhrd.gov.in

How to fill NAT Application Form

Instructions for Online self-nomination

Step 1. Registration Form:

1. Depending upon the school in which the Teacher is Working, the Teacher has to Select, either of the following from the dropdown:
   • Govt. and Aided Schools Under State/UTs
   • Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
   • Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
2. After Filling all details on the registration page, Click on Send Activation Link on email button.
3. After an email sends to the registered email id.
4. Now login your email account, which is mention in the registration process.

Step 2. Verification of E-mail:

• Check email received from helpdesk-nat@gov.in
• Open this mail, there is Activation link URL in mail.
• Click on URL and link redirected to verification Mobile Number verification screen

Step 3. Verification of Mobile No.

• Account activation link will be sent to the registered e-mail id.
• When Applicant click on the link sent on the registered mobile will appear for Mobile number verification.
• Complete Mobile Number verification with OTP received on registered Mobile Number.

Step 4: Password Creation

• After E-mail and Mobile Number verification, Applicant has to create Password for Login into NAT Portal
• After creating Password, Applicant Registration Process has been completed.
• Now Applicant Login into the portal with Login Id (Registered Mobile No.) and Password.

Step 5: Login as Applicant

• Login as an applicant, with Registered Mobile Number as User Name and Registered Password & Captcha
• Teachers can Register themselves with “New Registration”
• If Password is Forgotten, Reset Password through “Forgot Password”

Step 6: Home- List of forms to be filled

• List of Forms to be filled, Press “View” to go to the Particular page
• √ – Denotes ‘Page Saved’
• X- Denotes ‘Page Not yet Saved’

Step 7: Personal Details Entry Form

• Enter Personal Detail like – Gender, Date of Birth, Alternate Mobile Number, House Number, Locality, State, District, Block, Pincode, Photo, Other Information,
• Press ‘Save Personal Details’ & ‘Save Other Information’ to Save the Personal Details in Draft mode

Step 8: School Detail Entry Form:

• Enter School Detail as required
• Press ‘Save’ to Save the School Details in Draft mode

Step 9: Service Record Entry Form:

Service Record Detail, School wise Service Record, Experience detail may be entered.

• Service Record Details may be saved by clicking on “Save Service Record Details”
• School wise Records may be added by clicking on “Add Institution/School wise Details”
• Details of each institution/school in which you have worked needs to be added in a separate row.
• Service-wise experience may be added by clicking on “Add Experience Details”
• Details of each service (teaching, administrative, others) need to be added in a separate row.

Step 10: Objective Criteria Details:

• Enter corresponding details in Objective Criteria viz. remarks, Number of Publications, etc.
• URL / link of the video (if any) may be entered, Document (if any) may be uploaded.
• Details corresponding to criteria 1 and 2 wise may be saved in Draft mode by pressing Save Point
• Enter details corresponding to each criteria i.e. Year wise Annual Performance Appraisal for 3 Years, etc.
• Enter details corresponding to each criteria and keeping on Saving the details
• Enter details corresponding to each criteria

Step 11: Criteria Based On Performance

• Details pertaining to Innovative, Extra-Curricular Activities to be entered along with the link of supporting Video (if any), Documents (if any)
• Mobilization of Society, Promotion National Building and National Integration

Step 12: Preview the application and taking printout for further reference.

• After saving details in all sections, you can click on “Preview Application” to have a final look at the application.
• Click on “Print” to take the printout of the application for further reference.

Step 13.Final Submission of Application

• After Previewing the application, taking a printout, the application may be submitted finally by accepting the declaration and clicking on “Final Submission”.
• In case of any change to be made in the application, make the required changes before clicking on “Final Submission”.
• No Further Changes Are Permitted Once Final Submission Is Done

Step 14: How to Change Password

• Click Change Password
• Enter Old Password
• Enter New Password
• Confirm Password
• New Password has to follow the given password policy

Step by Step Procedure to apply online:

• A Web portal and a Mobile app have been developed for applicants to complete self.
• Instructions to Apply
• Click on “APPLY NOW” for awards
• Sign up by entering basic details. * If it is a central government school, select the option “Central Organisation” similarly if it a state government school select “Govt. and Aided schools under State/UTs” in the 
• Upon successful completion of registration you can login with your Mobile number and Password 
• To login, enter your “Mobile number” and “Password”
• Please fill all the information and click on “ Save and Continue” button to move to the next section
• Click on the verify button to receive a One Time Password (OTP) on the registered mobile number and email id given by you verification. Once verification is complete you can can go to the next section
• In the Service records tab, enter the details requested and then click on “Save and Continue” button 
• Fill all details under the questions in the “Objective criteria ” tab and then click on “ Preview and Submit”

National Awards to Teachers Important Dates:

• 1st June to 20th June 2022: Opening of web-portal for inviting online applications and self nomination by teachers
• 1st July to 15th July 2022: District / Regional Selection Committee nominations to be forwarded to the State / Organization Selection Committee through online portal
• 16th July to 30th July 2022: State Selection Committee / Organization Selection Committee shortlist to be forwarded to Independent National Jury
• 2nd August 2022: Intimation to be issued by Ministry of Education to all the shortlisted candidates to make presentations before the National Jury (either in physical mode at NCERT like normal years or through online like in 2021 depending on Covid situation) (maximum 154 candidates as per extent guidelines)
• 5th August to 16th August 2022: Selection process by Jury
• 16th August 2022: Finalization of names by Independent National Jury
• 18th August 2022: Intimation to selected candidates after approval of Hon’ble Shiksha Mantri
• 4th & 5th September 2022: Rehearsal and Award function
• NAT Instruction Manual
• Apply Online From Here