Varkey launches $1m Global Schools Prize

Initiative builds on Foundation's Global Teacher Prize and Global Student Prize

- BY SAJILA SASEENDRAN Chief Reporter

Sunny Varkey, founder of GEMS Education and the Varkey Foundation, launched the $1 million Global Schools Prize in partnership with Unesco.

Unveiled in Dubai, the new award from the Varkey Foundation will recognise schools worldwide that are pioneering fresh approaches to teaching, learning, and student wellbeing.

The initiative builds on the Foundation’s existing Global Teacher Prize and Global Student Prize, completing what he described as a trilogy spotlighting educators, learners, and now schools as drivers of global educational change.