Delhi government school teacher contender for global award
TNN | Updated: Dec 26, 2018, 13:23 IST
Representative imageNEW DELHI: An English teacher of a Delhi government school is among the top 50 finalists of the prestigious Global Teacher Prize.
Arti Qanungo (39) was shortlisted from among a lakh participants from 179 countries. A teacher at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, School Block, Shakarpur, Qanungo has been teaching for the last 17 years.
She began her career as a teacher at a civic body school before moving to a Delhi government school in 2010.
A mother of three, Qanungo is known for her innovative teaching ways. Last year, too, she was given a state award for best teacher, and had also received an award from a university in London.
“English is a subject in which students in our government schools don’t feel very comfortable. I diagnosed the problem and developed a strategy. Rather than making it a subject confined to reading and writing, I worked on developing listening skills of the children. I would ask them to hear the announcement at railway stations, metro, radio and call centres. The strategy worked and students became very confident,” Qanungo said.
It was her daughter who asked her to apply for the global award given by Varkey Foundation. “My daughter got an Economic Times cutout and asked me to apply for it. I thought when my daughter was so confident, I should apply,” Qanungo said.
The global award carries a cash amount of 1 million dollars and would be handed at an event in Dubai next March.
Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal congratulated her on Twitter for taking Delhi’s education system to a global platform. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia also congratulated her.
Born and bought up in Delhi, Qanungo completed her schooling at Lilavati Vidya Mandir Shakti Nagar. She did her teachers training from District Institute of Education and Traning (DIET), Keshavpuram.
Qanungo said she always wanted to be a teacher as they are nation builders.
Arti Qanungo (39) was shortlisted from among a lakh participants from 179 countries. A teacher at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, School Block, Shakarpur, Qanungo has been teaching for the last 17 years.
She began her career as a teacher at a civic body school before moving to a Delhi government school in 2010.
A mother of three, Qanungo is known for her innovative teaching ways. Last year, too, she was given a state award for best teacher, and had also received an award from a university in London.
“English is a subject in which students in our government schools don’t feel very comfortable. I diagnosed the problem and developed a strategy. Rather than making it a subject confined to reading and writing, I worked on developing listening skills of the children. I would ask them to hear the announcement at railway stations, metro, radio and call centres. The strategy worked and students became very confident,” Qanungo said.
It was her daughter who asked her to apply for the global award given by Varkey Foundation. “My daughter got an Economic Times cutout and asked me to apply for it. I thought when my daughter was so confident, I should apply,” Qanungo said.
The global award carries a cash amount of 1 million dollars and would be handed at an event in Dubai next March.
Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal congratulated her on Twitter for taking Delhi’s education system to a global platform. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia also congratulated her.
Born and bought up in Delhi, Qanungo completed her schooling at Lilavati Vidya Mandir Shakti Nagar. She did her teachers training from District Institute of Education and Traning (DIET), Keshavpuram.
Qanungo said she always wanted to be a teacher as they are nation builders.
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