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Ghaziabad Science Teacher Wins National Teachers Award 2026
Dr Renu Tripathi is a science teacher in Ghaziabad, India.
She teaches students from classes 6 to 10.
Instead of only using textbooks, she makes simple models and takes students outside to learn.
She also uses YouTube, WhatsApp and online presentations.
Her students learn about things such as trees and soil erosion by observing them directly.
One former student won a national award for a soil-erosion model.
Tripathi started teaching after promising her father, who was also a teacher, that she would follow his example.
She has now been chosen for the National Teachers Award 2026.
Dr Renu Tripathi, 63, has been selected for the National Teachers Award 2026.
She teaches science to classes 6 through 10 at a government school in Ghaziabad.
Tripathi uses low-cost models, field visits, online tools and handmade resources to teach.
She began teaching in 2003 after promising her late father, also a teacher, to follow his profession.
Her former students include professionals such as doctors, engineers, teachers and bank officers.
- Who
- Dr Renu Tripathi, a 63-year-old science teacher.
- What
- She was selected for the National Teachers Award 2026 for her innovative teaching work.
- Where
- Government Balika Inter College in Vijay Nagar, Ghaziabad, with field learning including a visit to Noida's Botanical Garden.
- When
- She was informed of her selection on August 21; she has taught in Ghaziabad since 2006.
- Why
- Her use of low-cost models, field visits and digital resources has helped students learn through practical activities.
Key facts
- Teacher
- Dr Renu Tripathi
- Age
- 63
- Award
- National Teachers Award 2026
- School
- Government Balika Inter College, Vijay Nagar, Ghaziabad
- Teaching subject
- Science for classes 6 to 10
- Teaching career
- She began teaching in 2003 and joined her current Ghaziabad school in 2006.
- Publications
- Author of 12 books and several research papers
Quotes
Dr Renu Tripathi
Ghaziabad government-school science teacher and National Teachers Award 2026 recipient
“I no longer make them sit in the class, and rather spend time outside the four walls. On our recent trip to the Botanical Garden in Noida, I asked my students to look out for different kinds of trees. They learn by doing.”
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“When NEP 2020 was implemented, I stepped up innovation as far my teaching method goes, and I saw that my students improved a lot”
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