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The Global Teacher Prize recognises outstanding contributions to the Teaching profession
An initiative of the Varkey Foundation, The Global Teacher Prize recognises outstanding contributions to the profession. We introduce the Top Ten Finalists. Which of these teachers will be announced as the 2017 winner?
If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes.
Guy Kawasaki
An initiative of the Varkey Foundation, The Global Teacher Prize recognises outstanding contributions to the profession.
The Top Ten Finalists for the Global Teacher Prize 2017 are:
Salima Begum, Headteacher at Elementary College for Women Gilgit, Pakistan David Calle, from Madrid, Spain, the founder and creator of the Unicoos educational website.
Wemerson da Silva Nogueira, a science teacher at the Escola Antônio dos Santos Neves in Boa Esperança, Brazil.
Marie-Christine Ghanbari Jahromi a physical education, maths and German teacher at Gesamtschule Gescher school, Gescher, Germany.
Tracy-Ann Hall, an automotive technology teacher at Jonathan Grant High School in Spanish Town, Jamaica.
Maggie MacDonnell, a teacher at Ikusik School, Kativik School Board, Canadian Arctic.
Ken Silburn, a science teacher at Casula High School, south-west Sydney, Australia.
Boya Yang, a psychology teacher at The Affiliated Middle School of Kunming Teachers College, Yunnan province, China.
Michael Wamaya, a dance teacher from Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya.
Raymond Chambers, a computer science teacher from Brooke Weston Academy in Corby, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom.
Further information about the top 10 shortlist is available here: http://www.globalteacherprize.org.
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