Nominated for: Global Teacher Prize Top 10 Award
Basic data of the distinction
Type of award: Nomination for an award or distinction
Announced by: Varkey Foundation, Global Education and Skills Forum in Cooperation with UNESCO
Nominees: Yang, Boya; Calle, David; Silburn, Ken; MacDonnell, Maggie; Ghanbari Jahrami, Marie-Christine; Wamaya, Michael; Chambers, Raymond; Begum, Salima; Hall, Tracy-Ann; da Silva Nogueira, Wemerson
Announced at: 20/03/2017
About the nomination
The Global Teacher Prize is a US $1million award, presented annually to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession. The Varkey Foundation established theprizein 2014, to recognise and celebrate the impact that teachers have around the world – not only on their students, but on the communities around them.
Comments & annotations: Top 10 Finalist
Link to the press release of the awarding organisation: https://www.globalteacherprize.org/person?id=1718
Link zur Pressemitteilung der Universität Münster: https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=8760〈=de
Nominees from the University of Münster
| Ghanbari Jahromi, Marie-Christine |
About the award
The Global Teacher Prize is an annual US$1
million award by the Varkey Foundation to a teacher who has made an
outstanding contribution to the profession. Nominations of teachers who
meet specific criteria are open to the worldwide public, and teachers
can also nominate themselves.The judging is done by the Global Teacher
Prize Academy, consisting of head teachers, education experts,
commentators, journalists, public officials, tech entrepreneurs, company
directors, and scientists from around the world. The annual prize
was launched at the second annual Global Education and Skills Forum in
March 2014 and received over 5,000 nominations from 127 countries.The
Global Teacher Prize, which has been referred to by journalists as the
Nobel Prize for teaching, highlights and celebrates the profession while
giving greater recognition to the work of teachers all over the world.
Type of award: Teaching award
Website of the award or committee: https://www.globalteacherprize.org/
Zeitraum der Vergabe: since 2014