DUBAI // Hanan Al Hroub, the winner of the 2016 Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize, has urged all UAE school pupils and their parents to nominate their most inspirational teacher to win next year’s competition.
The global award, which comes with a US$1 million top prize, is presented under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
“The role of education for refugee children is not only to teach them to read and write, it is also to give them the resilience and persistence they need to deal with what they have experienced, and to avoid repeating the violence they have witnessed,” said Ms Al Hroub, who won the Global Teacher prize for developing her ‘play and learn’ technique to help traumatised Palestinian primary school children.
The award is open to teachers who work with children between the ages of 5 and 18. Teachers who are part-time are also eligible, as are teachers of online courses.
The public can nominate a teacher, or teachers can apply themselves by filling an application form at globalteacherprize.org.
Applicants can apply in English, Mandarin, Arabic, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
Applicants will be shortlisted down to 50 and then a final 10, which will be announced in February next year. The winner will be chosen by the Global Teacher Prize Academy.
All 10 finalists will be flown to Dubai for an award ceremony taking place at the Global Education and Skills Forum in March 2017 where the winner will be announced live. The closing date for applications is October 14.
To follow the awards visit twitter.com/TeacherPrize or facebook.com/TeacherPrize.
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