Swaroop Rawal in the top 10 of the Global Teacher Prize 2019
Vinamrata Borwankar | TNN | Feb 22, 2019, 23:04 IST
Representational Image MUMBAI: Indian teacher - Swaroop Rawal has been shortlisted for the Global Teacher Prize 2019. Rawal works with children to equip them with life skills through drama and is on the board of the newly constituted Maharashtra International Education Board. She is among the top 10 contestants from 179 countries and has a shot at winning $1 million in March 2019.
Starting 2013, the Varkey Foundation set up the Global Teacher Prize to recognize one exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession as well as to shine a spotlight on the important role teachers play in society. The prize would be announced in Dubai on March 24.
The $1 million prize money is paid in equal installments over ten years, and the Varkey Foundation will provide the winner with financial counseling. A condition of winning the prize is that the winner remains as a classroom teacher for at least five years.
Sixty-year-old Rawal started her journey as a teacher after a long sabbatical from her acting career. “I was involved in the Parents’ Teachers’ Association at my children’s school and that’s when I got a chance to teach drama. Here I was introduced to learning disability and did a course in special education. I wanted to focus on social learning and equipping students with life skills. I started using drama to do this,” she said. She works with under privileged children and holds free workshops for teachers and students across the country. She won the Miss India contest in 1979.
With the prize money she would form a think tank to create and promote special curricula for pre-vocational education (PVE) in primary schools. “This will aim to ensure that children are informed about a variety of possible occupations wherever they live in India as early as class III,” she said.
When the top 50 were announced in December, on the list was also Delhi based government school teacher, Arti Qanungo. An English teacher at the Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Delhi she has been creating awareness about menstrual hygiene among students and parents.
Starting 2013, the Varkey Foundation set up the Global Teacher Prize to recognize one exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession as well as to shine a spotlight on the important role teachers play in society. The prize would be announced in Dubai on March 24.
The $1 million prize money is paid in equal installments over ten years, and the Varkey Foundation will provide the winner with financial counseling. A condition of winning the prize is that the winner remains as a classroom teacher for at least five years.
Sixty-year-old Rawal started her journey as a teacher after a long sabbatical from her acting career. “I was involved in the Parents’ Teachers’ Association at my children’s school and that’s when I got a chance to teach drama. Here I was introduced to learning disability and did a course in special education. I wanted to focus on social learning and equipping students with life skills. I started using drama to do this,” she said. She works with under privileged children and holds free workshops for teachers and students across the country. She won the Miss India contest in 1979.
With the prize money she would form a think tank to create and promote special curricula for pre-vocational education (PVE) in primary schools. “This will aim to ensure that children are informed about a variety of possible occupations wherever they live in India as early as class III,” she said.
When the top 50 were announced in December, on the list was also Delhi based government school teacher, Arti Qanungo. An English teacher at the Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Delhi she has been creating awareness about menstrual hygiene among students and parents.
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