The Pearson company on Sunday announced the winners of Pearson Teaching Awards (PTA) third Edition at a grand ceremony in New Delhi. Santosh Kumar Bisen from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Bhopal, bagged the award for ‘School Education - Teaching Excellence in Science – Government’.
PTA is an initiative to honor extraordinary teachers that are setting new benchmarks of education delivery standards in the country. After a rigorous process of screening and assessment, the grand jury selected 19 educators as the winners for 21 categories across School and Higher Education.
Several well-known public figures attended the event to support the noble initiative. Pearson Teaching Awards received encouragement from several renowned teaching professionals and academicians, who joined the celebration.
The prestigious grand jury panel comprised prominent personalities from several fields of education. Sudha Pillai, Former Member Secretary, Planning Commission, Government of India, headed the panel as the Chairperson.
Other prominent jurors were Usha Albuquerque, Founder Director, Careers Smart Pvt ltd; Prof AK Bakhshi, Executive Director, Tertiary Education Commission, Mauritius; Prof Kamal Kant Dwivedi, President, Global Academy of Doctorates; lataVaidyanathan, Director, TERI Prakriti School, among others.
Announcing the winners of Pearson Teaching Awards 3rd edition, Deepak Mehrotra, Managing Director, Pearson India, said, “At Pearson India, it is an honor for us to felicitate the leading educators of the country, who are devoted to nurturing the next generation. Pearson Teaching Awards conferred upon these outstanding educators is a small token of gratitude, who are working tirelessly to shape our country’s future.”