ANA reports that a South African teacher, Marjorie Brown who teaches history at Roedean School, Johannesburg, was on Wednesday named a top 10 finalist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2018.  

The prize, which is a one million dollar (almost R12 million) award for a super-special teacher, was announced by business leader and philanthropist Bill Gates.  Brown and the other finalists have been selected from over 30,000 nominations and applications from 173 countries around the world.  The Global Teacher Prize was set up to recognise one exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession as well as to shine a spotlight on the important role teachers play in society.  The winner will be announced at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai on Sunday 18 March 2018.

• A short report is at Saturday Star
• Read too, Teacher short-listed for prize is part of SA history, at The Citizen

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