Pope Francis Announces: World’s Best Teacher Is a Palestinian · Global Voices
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Palestinian Hanan Al Hroub has won the prestigious title of World’s Best Teacher. Awarded by the Varkey Foundation, the prize comes with a coveted purse: $1 million. With the money, Al Hroub says she will pay the university tuition of those who want to become teachers.
Pope Francis announced the prize winner by video, broadcast to the ceremony being held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates:
Part of education is to teach children how to play because you learn how to be social through games and you learn the joy of life. I would like to congratulate the teacher Hanan Al Hroub for winning this prestigious prize due to the importance she gave to the role of play in a child’s education.