COVID-19 put 1.6 billion children out of school. Global Teacher Prize 2020: Ranjitsinh Disale, a Zilla Parishad primary school teacher (PRT) at Paritewadi in Solapur, Maharashtra, India has won the prestigious US $1 million Global Teacher Prize 2020. The Indian teacher was announced by renowned actor Stephen Fry as the winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2020 at a virtual ceremony broadcast on Thursday from the Natural History Museum in London. Ranjitsinh Disale, a government school teacher from Paritewadi, Maharashtra, had made history. But there was none of that on Thursday when he announced that Ranjitsinh Disale, a 31-year-old from Maharashtra, was the winner of the $1-million “Global Teacher Prize 2020”. Being the … A primary school teacher from India was on Thursday named the winner of the USD 1 million annual Global Teacher Prize 2020 in recognition … A teacher from a village school in India, praised for improving the education of girls, has won this year’s Global Teacher Prize. But Ranjitsinh Disale has already given away half of the $1m (£750,000) - sharing it with runners-up in the competition. It was the first time the winner of the teachers’ Nobel Prize, would share with fellow finalists. Global Teacher Prize 2020, la proclamazione del vincitore Tra i 50 insegnanti selezionati il Prize Committee sceglierà solo 10 finalisti che verranno resi noti a giugno. Here's how to upgrade education post-pandemic. Reuters 04 Dec 2020. KUCHING: Malaysian teacher Samuel Isaiah, named a Top 10 finalist for Global Teacher Prize 2020, expressed his surprise and gratitude as the … The Varkey Foundation started this award six years ago so as to give recognition, support, and encouragement to excellent teachers … An Indian teacher from Solapur made it into the world news recently when he was awarded Global Teacher Prize 2020. In a proud moment for India, Solapur-based teacher Ranjitsinh Disale was named the winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2020, in partnership with UNESCO.. After being crowned winner, Disale made an extraordinary announcement that he will share half the prize … Ranjitsinh Disale, 32, a primary school teacher from India who won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize 2020 surprised nine other finalists by giving them $500,000, half of his prize. Read on: UAE teacher named in top 50 shortlist for $1m Global Teacher Prize 2020.