Global Teacher Prize

Global Teacher Prize
Awarded forteacher who has had an inspiring impact on his students and in his community.
Location United Kingdom
2nd Floor, St Albans House 57-59 Haymarket London, SW1Y 4QX
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byVarkey Foundation
Reward(s)Prize money of $1 million
First awarded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Websitewww.globalteacherprize.org

The Global Teacher Prize is an annual US $1 million award by the Varkey Foundation to a teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession.[1][2][3] Nominations of teachers who meet specific criteria are open to the worldwide public, and teachers can also nominate themselves.[4] The judging is done by the Global Teacher Prize Academy, consisting of head teachers, education experts, commentators, journalists, public officials, tech entrepreneurs, company directors, and scientists from around the world.[4][5]

The annual prize was launched at the second annual Global Education and Skills Forum in March 2014 and received over 5,000 nominations from 127 countries.[6][7][8]

The Global Teacher Prize, which has been referred to by journalists as the Nobel Prize for teaching,[9][10][11][12] highlights and celebrates the profession while giving greater recognition to the work of teachers all over the world[13][14] The head of the Varkey Foundation has asserted that, "We want to promote teachers as stars and to support the quality of education to highlight the enormous impact teachers have on our lives";[15] "Teaching needs to be the most important profession in the world and they've got to be given their due respect."[16]

Since 2018, Portugal has the 'Global Teacher Prize Portugal',[17] which is an annual 30,000 EUR award by the Varkey Foundation as well, sponsored by Delta Cafe, partnered with Fundação Galp, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, and audited by PWC.

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  3. ^ Global Teacher Prize – About the Prize. GlobalTeacherPrize.org. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b Strauss, Valerie. "Can a $1 million global teacher competition (backed by Bill Clinton) boost the profession?". Washington Post. 30 August 2014.
  5. ^ Global Teacher Prize – Meet the Academy. GlobalTeacherPrize.org. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  6. ^ Quimby, Beth and Dennis Hoey. "First 'Nobel Prize for Teaching' goes to Mainer". Portland Press Herald. March 15, 2015.
  7. ^ "The (Million-Dollar) Value Of Great Teaching". NPR. 15 March 2015.
  8. ^ Press Trust of India."Three Indians Shortlisted for $1 Million Prize for Outstanding Teachers". NDTV. 8 December 2014.
  9. ^ Shapiro, Jordan. "Now There's A Davos Of Education And A $1 Million 'Nobel Prize' For Teachers". Forbes. 22 March 2014.
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  12. ^ *"First 'Nobel Prize of teaching' winner gets $1 million". CNN. 17 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Teachers From India Urged to Apply for Global Teacher Prize 2016". The New Indian Express. 30 May 2015.
  14. ^ Varkey, Sunny. "Put education at the top of global agenda" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. TES. 6 March 2015.
  15. ^ Coughlan, Sean. "World's top teacher to win $1m prize in new competition". BBC News. 29 October 2013.
  16. ^ Coughlan, Sean. "The man behind the million-dollar teacher". BBC News. 5 May 2015.
  17. ^ "Home". www.globalteacherprizeportugal.pt. Retrieved 2022-05-20.