Global Teacher Prize

The Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize is a $1 million award to be given to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession.

The winning candidate will be a teacher who has achieved exceptional results in student learning, and won the respect of the community through activities beyond the classroom. He/she will have provided a role model to other teachers through charity, community work or other cultural achievements. The winner will also have encouraged other teachers to join the profession and contributed to discussions and debates about how to raise teaching standards. He/she will also have opened up access to a quality education for children of all backgrounds, and prepared young people to be ‘global citizens’, comfortable with peers from different ethnic and religious backgrounds.

The award – the equivalent of a ‘Nobel Prize’ - will operate under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai. It will underline the importance of the teaching profession and symbolise the fact that teachers throughout the world deserve to be recognised and celebrated.

Applications for the 2017 Global Teacher Prize opens in June 2016.

Visit www.globalteacherprize.org