Usha Krishnakumar, the Head of the Middle Section of Ideal English School has been conferred the Ideal Best Teacher Award consisting a cash prize of $ 25,000 along with a Certificate of Fame and a Shield by the renowned magician and an international trainer Sri. Gopinath Muthukad on the Ideal Staff Day. Mrs. Usha Krishnakumar, the wife of Mr.Krishnakumar, the Agricultural Officer at Krishi bhavan, Kaladi, is blessed with a son named Sidharth studying in AV High School Ponnani.