Five distinguished academics at Fiji National University (FNU) have been rewarded with Teaching Excellence Awards following their outstanding performance in academia.

There was a winner from each FNU College for the inaugural College Teaching Excellence Award and the overall winner received the FNU Teacher of the Year award.

The College Teaching Excellence Award recipients include Ravita Prasad of College of Engineering, Science and Technology (CEST), Raymond Keshwan of College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (CMNHS), Hirdesh Sachan of College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (CAFF), Bhagwanji Bhindi of College of Humanities and Education (CHE) and Rohit Kishore of College of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Studies (CBHTS), who also won the FNU Teacher of the Year award.

While presenting the awards, FNU Pro-Vice-Chancellor Learning and Teaching, Professor James Pounder congratulated the recipients and revealed that the university is planning to hold these teaching excellence awards celebrations on a biennial basis.

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