CENTA stands for the Centre for Teacher Accreditation. It is a teaching platform where there is a network of over 1 million teachers that the enrolled person gets to work with. This teacher accreditation platform works by the following criteria:
- The assessment of the competitive ability of the teachers and then providing certification for it.
- The teachers whose performance is outstanding are presented with recognition, rewards, and career opportunities.
- They offer full support to their enrolled teachers in the growth and development of their professional journey.
About CENTA
This organization CENTA is a teacher accreditation start-up based in Bengaluru. It was established by Ramya Venkataraman in 2014. It is certified under the trade mark registry of India and is globally recognized. It aims to make the lives of teachers and other education providers to be better and thriving with their hard work and efforts.
Presently, 1.5 million teachers are associated with CENTA. The participation of the teachers is from 7000 locations claiming the presence of the company with operation from more than 70 countries worldwide. These online communities of 1.5 million teachers are from more than 1 lakh schools for the teachers accreditation program.
CENTA works closely with the various government schools of the state and the education boards like CBSE, NCERT, and the respective state education boards. They want to empower the teachers of government schools and improve the quality of education further.
The various opportunities offered by CENTA for teacher accreditation include national competency assessment annually, International Teaching Professionals Olympiad (TPO), Preliminary examinations for International TPO (Teaching quotient used for recruitment by various schools), and certifications provided by CENTA for career opportunities and promotions (Micro-credentials of CENTA for excellence).
CENTA Funding Snapshot
The organization Centa has a total of 10 investors participating and supporting the funding. The investors are Nikhil Mohta, Leo Puri, Govind Iyer, Pankaj Sahni, Prem Kumar, Bahram N. Vakil, Omidyar Network, Kabir Narang, Impact India Investment Partners, and Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office. The company has raised a total funding of $1 million and the lead investors the Nikhil Mohta, Leo Puri, Bahram Vakil, and Pankaj Sahni.
The company proposes to use the funds for further enhancement of the platform and for launching teaching as a service program called the TaaS. CENTA, the platform for teacher accreditation, serves in three dimensions: skill
enhancement training, certifications, and training as a teacher. With the professional development, it even acts as a source of side income for the teachers. The platform is free of cost and gives you the desired kick-start in your career pace. Professional growth, can be tracked digitally and even gives you the essential suggestions to improve.
CENTA App
This teacher accreditation platform ranks in the top 100 education applications categorized ahead of the Ted Talks and Upgrad. CENTA app is available on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. The profession of teachers holds the highest value and dignity among all the other professions. They are responsible for shaping our future leaders in various fields that contribute to any country’s economy. So, the insight is to allow every, education provider to learn, grow, and impart the learning in better ways.
