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PROFILE
Ms Ritu Pankaj teaches English in Delhi's Ryan
International School, Vasant Kunj.
Ms
Pankaj has studied in various convent schools
across the country owing to her father's transferable
army job. She did her graduation from Miranda
House, Delhi University and post graduation from
Punjab University, Chandigarh. She did her B Ed
and M Ed from the Central Institute of Education,
Delhi University.
As a daughter and later a wife
of an army officer, Ms Pankaj has led the life
of a "rolling stone which fortunately gathered
a lot of moss." She says, "Every experience
made me richer in experience, more confident and
articulate."
Ms
Pankaj began her teaching career in Laxman Public
School, Delhi in 1990. Then she taught at Air
Force Bal Bharti School, New Delhi; the Air Force
School, Gwalior; and at St Anne's School, Roorkee.
She returned to Delhi in 2005 and taught for some
time at Springdales School and Sanskriti School
before settling for Ryan International School
where she has been teaching senior classes for
over a year now.
Any
other person would have been extremely disorientated
with such frequent change of school and students.
But Ms Pankaj's unflinching professional commitment
has helped her cull teaching truths from these
experiences, which will no doubt stand her in
good stead. She says, "Commitment to me means
to reach out, give an impromptu praise, a frank
answer and be such that the students remember
me as a good trainer and a dedicated worker."
Apart
from academics, Ms Pankaj has undertaken key extracurricular
responsibilities including organising inter-school
drama, debates, declamation and essay writing,
elocution and recitation competitions. She has
edited school magazines and journals. She has
conducted examinations sponsored by Cambridge
University and received a Teacher Training Certificate
from the British Council, New Delhi. She has to
her credit a language chapter published in the
book Teaching of English by Dr K Bose.
Ms
Pankaj feels that students should be equipped
with a strong vocabulary, nudged towards creative
thinking and writing. They should be provided
situations in such a manner that they learn for
themselves. "Never tell your student anything
he can find out for himself," is a principle
Ms Pankaj swears by and hopes others of her ilk
do the same.
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