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News Desk: Shahanaj Parvin, a Bangladeshi rural teacher, has been nominated for the Best Global Teacher Prize this year.<\/p>\nNews Desk: Shahanaj Parvin, a Bangladeshi rural teacher, has been nominated for the Best Global Teacher Prize this year.<\/p>\n
She has been included in the top 50 shortlist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2017, the biggest award for teachers in the world, according to a press release.
\nShahanaj teaches at Upazilla Sadar Model Government Primary School at Sherpur Upazila in Bogra.
\nAccording to the release, the $1m award, now in its third year, is the largest of its kind in the world. The top 50 shortlist can be seen at globalteacherprize.org.<\/p>\n
Shahanaj was born in a remote Bangladeshi village to two primary school teachers. While many children in Bangladesh drop out of school in order to support their families through earning; the dropout rate was vastly reduced by Shahanaj\u2019s teaching methods that emphasized technology and multimedia applications.<\/p>\n
Besides regularly conducting training workshops for new teachers, the school teacher has published research on why students generally fail to achieve the standard primary education.
\nEarlier, she was awarded Best Teacher of Upazilla in 2010, and Best Female Teacher in the country in 2013.
\nThe Global Teacher Prize was set up to recognize, from across the globe, one exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession as well as played an important role in society as a teacher. The prize intends to return teachers to their rightful position as one of the most respected professions in society.<\/p>\n
The top 50 teachers were shortlisted from over 20,000 nominations and applications from 179 countries from around the world. The shortlist has representatives from 37 countries.
\nThe name of the winner will be announced at the Global Education and Skills Forum scheduled to be held in Dubai on March 19, 2017.<\/p>\n
News Desk: Shahanaj Parvin, a Bangladeshi rural teacher, has been nominated for the Best Global Teacher Prize this year. She has been included in the top 50 shortlist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2017, the biggest award for teachers in the world, according to a press release. Shahanaj teaches at Upazilla Sadar Model […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,44,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n