* Meghana Musunuri from Telangana and Satyam Mishra from Bihar have been shortlisted for Global Teacher Prize
* Meghana Musunuri is described as an education futurist, philanthropist and a passionate entrepreneur. Satyam Mishra, a mathematics teacher from Bhagalpur in Bihar, is the second teacher from India in the shortlist
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A teacher of Social Studies, English and Maths from Hyderabad, Meghana Musunuri, is in the Top-50 shortlist for this year’s $1million Global Teacher Prize. The announcement was made on Thursday (September 9, 2021).
Satyam Mishra, a mathematics teacher from Bhagalpur in Bihar, is the second teacher from India in the shortlist.
Gulf-based Varkey Foundation in partnership with Unesco, are the organisers of this global award. Over 8,000 nominations and applications from 121 countries were received for the prize.
Founder Sunny Varkey says: “It is only by prioritising education can we safeguard our tomorrows. ”
“Education is the key to facing the future with confidence,” says Musunuri, described as an education futurist, philanthropist and passionate entrepreneur as the founder and chairperson of Fountainhead Global School & Junior College in Miyapur.
Meghana Musunuri, is the first person to be part of Google’s ‘Women Entrepreneurs on the Web’ and has completed all five levels of the programme.
“Education is the key to facing the future with confidence,” says Musunuri, described as an education futurist, philanthropist and a passionate entrepreneur as the founder and chairperson of Fountainhead Global School & Junior College in Miyapur
“I am super happy. Teacher’s recognition at the global level is like giving a Nobel Prize to them.”
“Teachers are extremely passionate, but the recognition that they get is limited. It is very important to be out there and tell the world what you are doing, and that makes the difference”, she adds.
Musunuri went through different rounds of interviews. Her work was reviewed not only in the education sector but also outside of school and college activities.
The next round in the award category will be for the Top 10, and Musunuri is looking forward to seeing how she fares there.
She says after opening her Fountainhead Global School soon after her return from London, she has tried to blend new-age technology with standard teaching methods. Since 2012, with the help of Google, the school was successfully able to develop and use new teaching tools.
She explains: “We trained our teachers, staff and blended technology with education to bring out the best in us. Last year, when the pandemic forced a shift from offline to online classrooms, we hardly faced any difficulty in the transition as we were already using these tools.”
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