A32 year primary Zilla Parishad school teacher Ranjitsinh Disale from Solapur in Western Maharashtra, who was recently honoured jointly by Varkey Foundation, UK, and UNESCO, with the Global Teacher Prize 2020, is a man with many credits.
Disale was named the winner of the USD one-million annual “Global Teacher Prize 2020” in recognition of his efforts to promote girls’ education and trigger a quick-response (QR) coded textbook revolution. The prize was instituted in 2014.
The “Varkey Foundation”, initially the “Varkey GEMS Foundation”, is a global charitable foundation focused on improving the standards of education for underprivileged children. Nominations of teachers who meet specific criteria are open to the worldwide public and teachers can also nominate themselves. The prize is paid out in equal installments over 10 years, with the foundation providing winners with financial....
