Jaya's Biography

Jaya Misra, Geography Teacher

Lakshmipat Singhania Academy

Kolkata, India (population: 15 million)

Jaya Misra has been working at Lakshmipat Singhani Academy, a co-educational private school, for the past nine years. Her students are between 14 and 16 years old, and she has an average of 30 students per class. Along with teaching Geography, she is the coordinator of teaching training. She is also the Head of the Geography Department and the Head of Department for Examinations. Her hobbies include teaching, painting, and craftwork. She hopes that ILEP will provide a global dimension to her teaching methods, and to create a global community of teachers and students.