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The 11th Global Teacher Prize is Open
Nominate an Exceptional Educator Today! Applications and nominations for the 2027 Global Teacher Prize are officially open — marking a new chapter for the world’s largest global education award. This year, more educators than ever before are eligible to take part. For the first time, the Prize recognises not only classroom teachers, but also digital educators reaching students online, leaders of education programmes, and teachers working in refugee and other non-formal educ
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The 11th Global Teacher Prize is Open
Nominate an Exceptional Educator Today! Applications and nominations for the 2027 Global Teacher Prize are officially open — marking a new chapter for the world’s largest global education award. This year, more educators than ever before are eligible to take part. For the first time, the Prize recognises not only classroom teachers, but also digital educators reaching students online, leaders of education programmes, and teachers working in refugee and other non-formal educ
2 days ago1 min read
A Prize for the Changing World of Education
As the Global Teacher Prize enters its second decade, the Varkey Foundation is expanding recognition to more of the educators shaping children's futures. When Sunny Varkey launched the Global Teacher Prize in 2014, the idea was simple: find the best teacher in the world and give them US$1 million. Since Nancie Atwell became the first winner in 2015, the “Nobel of Teaching” has grown into the largest award of its kind, drawing tens of thousands of nominations from well over a
3 days ago2 min read
Varkey Foundation Joins Jury of Fundación Ibercaja’s First “Docentes Referentes” Awards Celebrating Teaching Excellence Across Spain
The new awards programme recognises outstanding teachers driving innovation and transformation in classrooms across Spain, with Agustín Porres joining a distinguished jury of education leaders. The Varkey Foundation has joined the jury of the first edition of “Docentes Referentes” (“Landmark Teachers”), a new national initiative launched by Fundación Ibercaja to recognise and celebrate exceptional teaching across Spain. Created as part of Fundación Ibercaja’s 150th anniversa
Jul 233 min read
Comunidad Araucaria's Experiencia en Foco brings 22 education ministers to Córdoba, Argentina
Latin American Education Leaders Gather in Córdoba to Share Strategies for Improving Learning Outcomes. During the first days of July, Córdoba, Argentina, hosted the VI Experiencia en Foco of Comunidad Araucaria, a Varkey Foundation-driven network that brings together education leaders from across the region to share evidence and learn from one another. Over three days, 22 ministers and secretaries of education from Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay visited schoo
Jul 232 min read
Varkey Foundation Commits US$3 Million to the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund
FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund Announces Grants for 31 Additional Community-Based Education Organizations in 18 Countries Global Citizen and FIFA announced the next cohort of community-based organizations that will receive grants from the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund. This second group of 31 grantees, based in 18 countries around the world, will receive awards ranging from USD $50,000–$250,000 to continue their community-based work expanding access to quality educa
Jul 216 min read
LEBANON’S REFUGEE-LED ALSAMA PROJECT WINS INAUGURAL GLOBAL SCHOOLS PRIZE FOR KEEPING TEENS LEARNING IN WAR
Alsama project was announced as the winner of the inaugural Global Schools Prize at the Education World Forum in London by award-winning filmmaker, campaigner, and fundraiser Richard Curtis, receiving $500,000 to scale its impact. Lebanon’s Alsama Project, a refugee-led education organisation transforming the lives of displaced Syrian and Palestinian teenagers excluded from traditional schooling, has been named the winner of the inaugural Global Schools Prize, an initiative o
May 194 min read
Announcing the Global Schools Prize Category Winners
We are delighted to unveil the Category winners and Top 10 finalists of the Global Schools Prize 2026. Each category winner will receive $50,000 alongside a Global Schools Prize Badge, recognising their extraordinary leadership and impact in advancing education. The schools were selected from almost 3,000 nominations and applications across 113 countries worldwide. Our category winners are as follows: AI Transformation Category - IISS Ettore Majorana Arts, Culture & Creativ
May 123 min read
Announcing the Top 50 Global School Finalists 2026
We are delighted to announce the Top 50 finalists for the inaugural $1 million Global Schools Prize 2026, an initiative of The Varkey Foundation, celebrating the world’s most innovative and impactful schools that are reimagining education for the future. These schools were selected from almost 3,000 nominations and applications from 113 countries around the world. Today’s top 50 announcement recognises outstanding schools worldwide that demonstrate exceptional drive and ambit
Apr 302 min read
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