Pakistani teacher nominated for $1m global award

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Pakistani teacher nominated for $1m global award
By News Desk
Published: February 23, 2017
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Salima Begum was selected among 20,000 applications from around the world. PHOTO: via GLOBAL TEACHER PRIZE

Salima Begum, a teacher from Gilgit-Baltistan, is one of the top 10 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize.

The Global Teacher Prize is a $1 million award presented annually to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the teaching profession. It seeks to acknowledge the impacts of the very best teachers, not only on their students but on their community.

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Begum was selected among 20,000 applications from around the world.

She has been working at a women elementary school in Gilgit since 1992 and has instructed more than 7,000 teachers across G-B and more than 8,000 across Pakistan.

She is now the headteacher of her school. The students of her school have performed exceptionally well in official examinations, which has resulted in an increase in enrollment.

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Begum’s priority list includes having her students develop ethical, moral and social values. She and her students, for example designed and implemented an environmental project to produce organic fertilizers which was a great success.

The winner will be announced at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai on March 19.

 

[Foxtrot Delta]

awesome!. way to go sister.

 

[R Wing]

"Begum’s priority list includes having her students develop ethical, moral and social values."

The best part.

 

[The Eagle]

We are proud of you...

"Begum’s priority list includes having her students develop ethical, moral and social values. She and her students, for example designed and implemented an environmental project to produce organic fertilizers which was a great success."

 

[Hyde]

Glad to hear that Masha'Allah

 

[ali_raza]

mashallah

 

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[bananarepublic]

Salima Begum from Gilgit-Baltistan among top 10 finalists for Global Teacher Award
Feb 22, 2017 Pamir Times Education 0

Islamabad: Salima Begum from Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan has made it to the list of top ten finalists for the Global Teacher Award. The winner will be decided soon.

Appended below is a profile of Ms. Salima Begum, taken from the website: http://www.globalteacherprize.org/pt-pt/top-10-finalist/salima-begum/

Salima Begum was born in a remote village in Pakistan. Conditions in her own education were cramped and she was fortunate to complete higher secondary level. She believes strongly in students ‘constructing’ meaning for themselves through the information they receive, and holds that classroom activities should correspond closely to real-life situations. She has helped create awareness amongst parents regarding girls’ education and its benefits, pioneered a strategy of mentoring in the community and encouraged aspiration in the feeder schools that send pupils to her.

Throughout her career, Salima has contributed to teacher training, instructing more than 7,000 teachers across her province, and 8,000 more throughout Pakistan through the education reform programme. The United States Agency for International Development has acknowledged her contribution to their Teacher Education project, and she has also published a number of research articles. Her leadership has resulted in her being made Headteacher of her school, and under
her guidance students have performed exceptionally well in official examinations, resulting in an increase in enrolment in her school.

During her teaching and learning process, Salima always tries to develop students’ local wisdom and at the same time question them on how they are going to contribute to that knowledge, connect with people around world and encourage people to work together for the betterment of humanity. Developing ethical, moral and social values in her students has been top of her priority list. For example, she designed and implemented an environmental project with her children and the local community, to produce organic fertilizers which was a great success.

http://pamirtimes.net/2017/02/22/sa...ng-top-10-finalists-for-global-teacher-award/

 

[RangeMaster]

Hats off Lady.....You made us proud.