CENTA brings International Teaching Professionals’ Olympiad to Nigeria

~ Announces cash prizes and scholarships worth NGN 37,900,000

https://centa.org/tpo2024-nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CENTA–Centre for Teacher Accreditation, CENTA, the world’s largest platform for teachers, is proud to bring the CENTA International Teaching Professionals’ Olympiad (International TPO) to Nigeria. This prestigious global competition, currently in its 9th edition, attracts educators from over 70 countries, rewarding and recognising outstanding teachers.

To encourage teachers from Nigeria to invest in their own learning and professional growth, CENTA has announced additional Cash Prizes worth NGN 1,440,000 for the Nigeria-CENTA International TPO, the national prelims scheduled to be held online on Saturday, March 23, 2024. The finals of International TPO will be held in April 2024 and award Cash Prizes and Scholarships worth NGN 36,460,000. Notably, over 20,000 of Nigeria’s teachers are already part of the CENTA platform.

Nigerian teachers can register for this competition on https://centa.org/tpo2024-nigeria

The global competition, organized in partnership with the likes of the University of California Santa Cruz, the University of Buckingham, Oxford University Press, and others, aims to recognize and reward outstanding teachers, schools, and governments.

Ramya Venkataraman, Founder and CEO, CENTA says, “Bringing the CENTA International Teaching Professionals’ Olympiad to Nigeria is about enabling high growth career trajectory for great teachers through local and global career opportunities, financial rewards, and recognition. We’re thrilled to partner with the Global Shapers Community-Port Harcourt Hub and Schoola Ltd. in the country, towards this vision.”

Winning Teachers will be featured in Education World, a leading publication, Oxford University Press will award the prestigious Oxford Teachers Academy Certification, and the University of Buckingham will award Certificates of Teaching Excellence. The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) and CrEST award top performers with entry into UCSC’s acclaimed The Science Internship Program (TSIP), where they can work alongside esteemed scientists on cutting-edge research. Additionally, CENTA awards exclusive “Shadow the Scientist” sessions, providing mentorship opportunities with UCSC faculty.

CENTA®, headquartered in Bengaluru, India, stands as the world’s largest professional platform for teachers, working with 1.5 million educators from 100,000 schools across 141 countries. The platform focuses on certification, training, and career growth for teachers with the vision to make teaching an aspirational profession and fundamentally impact the quality of education. Notably, 1.1 million teachers are directly engaged on CENTA’s platform, with an additional 0.4 million on select national and state government platforms.

Contacts

team@centa.org