The Global Teacher 2020

In a world where young students are still pressured to obtain a certain degree to prove their worth, this is a tale that reminds us that life is much bigger than what we end up thinking of it, and relies more on what we make of it.

Born to a lower middle class family, Ranjitsinh Disale dropped out of Engineering, and was persuaded by his father to undergo teachers training, hoping that might interest him. Ranjitsinh indeed not just took to teaching, but did it in a way that revolutionized education, improved the condition of his small village by several fold, and brought himself and the country international recognition.

Disale won this year's Global Teacher Prize, by Varkey foundation. This included a cash prize of 1 Million US dollars - half of which he donated to the other top 9 contestants. There were over 12000 nominations across the world this year.

"I may have won the award but I can’t change the world alone, one Ranjitsinh Disale can’t do it on his own. And that’s why I decided to get more hands on board" Disale said regarding his donation.

This isn't, however, the first time for him to have received international recognition. He was also awarded Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert and National Innovation Foundation Innovator of the year award 2018.

The 32 year old Zila Parishad Primary school teacher teaches in the drought-prone village of Paritewadi in Madhya Pradesh. His most prominent contributions include the introduction of quick response (QR) coding of textbooks and efforts in promoting girl education.

His innovative and interactive methods of teaching make learning enjoyable and his village has, as an effect, a record 100% attendance.

He has decided to use even the remaining half of the prize money to make a teacher's fund, so that the teachers can get to fund their ideas.

He believes teaching is a noble profession and wants to make his contribution to the field.

We can all learn from his inspiring story to not give up after our initial setbacks, to always have faith in work and the upliftment of the society, to realise how much of a difference even a primary school teacher can make, and to always keep moving forward.

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Rishita Yadav
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