Page 65 - EW April 2021

me who don’t have B.Ed degrees, but are great teachers. Divya Jain
Writing the Centa TPO enables lay people to discover Teacher, Government Girls Upper Primary School,
their teaching capabilities.” Kothiya (Rajasthan)
Subject: Secondary School biology #1
Ikjot Kaur
Shiv Nadar School, Noida n alumna of Mi-
Primary school teacher Aranda House, Delhi
Subject: Primary School Hindi #1 and Regional Institute of
Education, Ajmer, Divya
n alumna of Delhi and Jain is a teacher at the
AJamia Millia Islamia Government Girls Upper
universities, Ikjot Kaur is Primary School, Kothiya
Year Lead, Grade II at the (Rajasthan).
Shiv Nadar School, Noida. “I was surprised and
“Wonderful to be elated to be ranked the
awarded #1 rank! Writ- country’s #1 biology
ing the challenging Centa teacher! It opens up
Olympiad has helped me great career advance-
identify my strengths and ment opportunities.
weaknesses and to plan Preparing for the TPO
my professional and per- inspired me to update my subject knowledge, classroom
sonal growth path accord- management, student assessment and inclusive education
ingly. I urge all teachers practices. All this proved very helpful during the pandem-
to write this olympiad as its questions are applications- ic lockdown of schools. I recommend all teachers to write
based and drive us to evolve into effective teachers.” this internationally recognised olympiad.”

Other Centa TPO 2020 winners

Vinusha Venkatesh Raziya Parakkal
Azim Premji University, Bengaluru Kendriya Vidyalaya AFS, Thane
Subject: Middle School English #4 Category: Government School (Senior
Secondary School physics) #2

Aishwarya Krishnamoorthy Sreemoyee Banerjee
KD Ambani Reliance Foundation School, Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram
Jamnagar Subject: Secondary School English #3
Category: Affordable Private School #5

Debojyoti Bhattacharjee Vidit Sahewala
CENTA-Manipal PGCP The Ardee School, Delhi
Subject: Secondary School biology #7 Subject: Senior Secondary School English
#2

Kalpana
Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya No.1, D Block, M. Haripriya
Janakpuri, Delhi Children’s Academy, Thakur Complex
Subject: Secondary School biology #6 Subject: Middle School English #5

APRIL 2021 EDUCATIONWORLD 67