A US $1 million award was presented to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to their profession.
The Global Teacher Prize serves to underline the importance of educators and the fact that, throughout the world, their efforts deserve to be recognized and celebrated. It seeks to acknowledge the impacts of the very best teachers – not only on their students but on the communities around them.
Inadequate education is a major factor behind the social, political, economic, and health issues faced by the world today. We believe education has the power to reduce poverty, prejudice, and conflict.
Teachers work tirelessly to provide an education for children around the world so the status of teachers is critically important to our global future. Teacher status has a significant impact on recruitment, retention, job satisfaction, and performance.
The results, published as the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Status Index, formed the first comprehensive attempt to compare the status of teachers across the world.
In many countries, it was clear that the profession’s status had dropped and the findings shocked Sunny Varkey, the Varkey Foundation’s Chairman, whose parents had both been teachers. He founded the Global Teacher Prize as a response with the aim of raising the profession’s profile.
In the prize’s inaugural year, there were over 5,000 entries from 127 countries which generated a huge amount of media interest. Reporting around the world has been tremendously supportive of the shortlisted teachers while a host of high-profile endorsers have included His Holiness Pope Francis, Prince William, Prince Harry, Stephen Hawking, Hugh Jackman, and Bill Gates who have been very vocal in their support.
Since 2014, the Global Teacher Prize has gone from strength to strength, with the 2021 Prize bringing in over 8,000 applications and nominations. The Prize has inspired over 40 National Teacher Prizes to recognize and celebrate teachers at the country level.
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OnlineBenefits
- A US $1 million award presented to an exceptional teacher who will be the winner.
Eligibilities
- To be at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry;
- Must be a currently working teacher who teaches children that are in compulsory schooling, or are between the ages of 5 and 18. Teachers who teach children age 4+ in an Early Years government-recognized curriculum are also eligible, as are teachers who teach on a part-time basis, and teachers of online courses.
- Spend at least 10 hours per week teaching children face-to-face, and plan to remain in the teaching profession for the next 5 years.
- Not be prohibited from participating in the Contest or receiving the Prize under the applicable law of their country;
- Not, nor any connected person of an Applicant, have a criminal record;
- Not, nor any connected person of an Applicant, have conducted themselves (by act or omission) in such a way as to bring the teaching profession or VF, its affiliates, any GEMS Education group company, or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, and subsidiaries (“VF Parties”) into disrepute or to have been adversely prejudicial to the interests of any of them (as may be determined at the sole discretion of VF);
- Not be a previous Prize winner; and
- Not be a previous Top 10 candidate.
Application Process
- Register an account through the Apply link
- Start the application (save it in progress).
- Submit the application to be judged.
Application Deadline: May 7, 2023
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