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20 more countries announce National Teacher Prizes inspired by the Global Teacher Prize
The success of the Varkey Foundation’s US $1M Global Teacher Prize, now celebrating its third year of success, has inspired National Teacher Prizes in over 20 nations.
Colombia was the first country to start its own prize, with the backing and support of the Varkey Foundation. And since the Global

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Bill Gates announces top ten finalists for Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize 2018
In a special video message announcing the top ten finalists, philanthropist Bill Gates paid a powerful tribute to the work of teachers around the world.
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Triumph Against Adversity: How a Team of Refugees Achieved the Pinnacle of Sporting Excellence
Members of the first Refugee Olympic Team who took part in the 2016 Rio Olympics shared how they triumphed in spite of the refugee crisis to reach the very top of their individual sport.
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Education Technology in classrooms gets a beating as GESF debate votes for setting fundamentals first
While technology and its role in redefining education was a resounding theme at the fifth Global Education & Skills Forum (GESF), a keenly contested debate had the house voting for the motion that ‘education technology in the classroom is a waste of time and money’.
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US$3 trillion spend on education needed annually by year 2030 : Julia Gillard
“Education is the key to the sort of change we want to see in our planet,” concluded Julia Gillard, “the global education movement is about trying to solve that, and we need to make the case for change.”
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Day 2 of the GESF 2017 saw Bear Grylls, Hanan Al Hroub, HE Sheikh Nahyan, Sadhguru, Irina Bokova and other leading educators in action
Day 2 of the Global Education and Skills Forum 2017 saw Bear Grylls, Hanan Al Hroub, HE Sheikh Nahyan, Sadhguru, Irina Bokova and other leading educators in action. The event concluded with the announcement of Maggie MacDonnell from Canada as the Global Teacher Prize Winner 2017.
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Maggie MacDonell from Canada wins the Global Teacher Prize 2017 at Global Education and Skills Forum
In a star-studded event featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Mahira Khan, Bear Grylls and other celebrities, Maggie MacDonnell of Canada was today awarded the Global Teacher Prize Winner 2017 at Global Education & Skills Forum (also known as “Davos of Education”).
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The current generation of young people is special – they are born as “true global citizens”: Sunny Varkey
The Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF) will see Oscars of Education (Global Teacher Prize) being awarded today, the second day of the event instituted by Varkey Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation to improve the standards of education for underprivileged children throughout the world.
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Teachers are the greatest philanthropists in the world : Thomas Friedman
Thomas Friedman, the author of The World is Flat and The New York Times foreign affairs columnist, batted for old values, which he said “matters more than ever” today in education, and underlined the need for teachers and students to “own the education space.”
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Varkey Foundation Challenge Fund includes grant to help train every UK teacher to support pupils with mental health problems
A project to provide every UK teacher with a grounding in understanding mental health issues so they can spot problems early and help troubled pupils is one of four programmes to be awarded a share of a US $200,000 fund announced today at the Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF) 2017.
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New former education ministers group to advise governments on global education challenges
A new expert group comprising 20 former Education Ministers and Heads of State, that will provide advice on global education issues to current governments, was launched today at the Global Education & Skills Forum (GESF) 2017.
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