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The Varkey Foundation believes every child deserves a vibrant, stimulating learning environment that awakens and supports their full potential. We believe nothing is more important to achieving this than the passion and quality of teachers. We support global teaching capacity and seed excellence and innovation in the next generation of educators. We also founded the Global Teacher Prize to shine a spotlight on the incredible work teachers do all over the world.
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| Jun 24, 2026 | GEMS Education to float India-focused PE fund, plans 30 schools | A GEMS school in the UAE | Credit: GEMS Education GEMS Education (India), part of the Dubai-based Varkey Group that operates one of the world’s largest chain of K-12 private schools, plans to invest up to $30 million (Rs 283 crore) over the... |
| May 19, 2026 | GEMS Education Global Teacher Prize 2026 Winner Rouble Nagi Meets His Majesty King Charles III at Buckingham Palace | London, United Kingdom Indian teacher and activist Rouble Nagi, winner of the GEMS Education Global Teacher Prize 2026, was honoured to meet His Majesty King Charles III at Buckingham Palace during a garden party celebrating the 50th annive... |
| Apr 22, 2026 | OVER HALF OF US PARENTS BACK SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR UNDER-16s – BUT MOST CHILDREN OPPOSE IT | Sunny Varkey, Founder of Family First and the Varkey Foundation Family First unveils preliminary findings from world’s first global intergenerational study of a social media ban for under-16s in 15 countries NEW YORK, NY, UNITED KINGDOM, Ap... |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 1 Billion Followers Summit: Sunny Varkey Calls on Content Creators to Make the Crisis of Out-of-school Children Go Viral | Dubai, United Arab Emirates Speaking alongside world-renowned content creator MrBeast at the 1 Billion Followers Summit, the world’s largest expo for content creators, in Dubai, education pioneer and philanthropist Sunny Varkey today issued... |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Education Pioneer Sunny Varkey Calls on Content Creators to Submit Entries for '1 Billion Acts of Kindness' Campaign, in Partnership with MrBeast | London, United Kingdom Content creators worldwide are encouraged to submit their acts-of-kindness videos before 15 December 2025 to join the global 1 Billion Acts of Kindness campaign, organised in partnership with Mohammed bin Rashid Al Ma... |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Bihari Winner of USD 100,000 Global Student Prize Returns Home, Calls for an "Entrepreneurship Revolution" to Empower India's Underserved Youth | New Delhi, Delhi, India Adarsh Kumar, 18, from Champaran, Bihar — who was raised by a single mother and left home at just 14 with only 1,000 rupees to pursue his education in Kota — has returned to India after receiving the $100,000 Global ... |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Bihar Boy Raised by Single Mother in Poverty Wins 88,70,973 INR Global Student Prize | New Delhi, Delhi, India Adarsh Kumar, an 18-year-old innovator from Bihar, India, who grew up in poverty and travelled alone to Kota, Rajasthan, aged 14 and with just 1,000 Rupees in search of a better education, has been named the winner o... |
| Oct 13, 2021 | EdHeroes Global Movement Is Expanding to Indonesia and Asia, Aiming At Creating The New Paradigm of the World of Education | JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The COVID-19 pandemic has brought drastic changes in all areas of our daily life, including the world of education. Schools, universities and educational institutions are urged to make adjus... |
| Oct 13, 2021 | EdHeroes Global Movement Is Expanding to Indonesia and Asia, Aiming At Creating The New Paradigm of the World of Education | JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The COVID-19 pandemic has brought drastic changes in all areas of our daily life, including the world of education. Schools, universities and educational institutions are urged to make adjus... |
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What has the press written about Varkey Foundation?
Parsers VC has collected 16 articles mentioning Varkey Foundation, among them “GEMS Education to float India-focused PE fund, plans 30 schools” (Jun 24, 2026) and “GEMS Education Global Teacher Prize 2026 Winner Rouble Nagi Meets His Majesty King Charles III at Buckingham Palace” (May 19, 2026).
Is Varkey Foundation still active?
Yes, Varkey Foundation is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 16, 2026.