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A teacher from a remote, poverty-ridden, village in Kenya, Peter Tabichi, was announced as the world's best teacher and was awarded $1million for his outstanding work with his students.
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Tabichi was this year's winner of Dubai's Global Teacher Prize by the Varkey Foundation, which aims to highlight the importance of the teaching profession.
Tabichi, 36, is a maths and physics teacher at Keriko Secondary School in Kenya's Pwani Village. His school has only computer with proper internet connection and he gives away 80 per cent of his earnings to the poor. He left teaching at a private school to help students in need.
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- Hamdan bin Mohammed (@HamdanMohammed) March 24, 2019
Congratulations to @PeterTabichi, the 2019 Global Teacher Prize Winner! #TeacherPrize pic.twitter.com/bH7w5yX18Y
- Global Teacher Prize (@TeacherPrize) March 24, 2019
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- Global Teacher Prize (@TeacherPrize) March 24, 2019
Are you ready? @RealHughJackman and our Top 10 finalists are! #TeacherPrize pic.twitter.com/oooqFUINnW"Every day in Africa we turn a new page and a new chapter. Today is another day. This prize does not recognise me but recognises this great continent's young people. I am only here because of what my students have achieved. This prize gives them a chance. It tells the world that they can do anything," Tabichi said in his victory speech.
- Global Teacher Prize (@TeacherPrize) March 24, 2019
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