If you are a Kenyan teacher, then you can now apply for the 2019 Global teacher prize award.
A number of Kenyan teachers have been shortlisted for the Global Teacher Prize since its launch in 2015.
Abdikadir Ismail, who teaches Kiswahili and history at Mwangaza Muslim Mixed Day School in Maralal, Samburu County, was shortlisted for this year’s Prize having been selected from over 30,000 nominations and applications from 173 countries around the world. Michael Wamaya, a dance teacher from Mathare, Nairobi, was a Top 10 finalist for the 2017 Prize, while Ayub Mohamud, a Business studies teacher at Eastleigh High School, Nairobi, was a Top 10 finalist for the 2016 Prize. Michael Walter Kagwa, a teacher at IFO 2 Refugee Camp, made the Top 50 shortlist for the 2016 Prize and Jacqueline Jumbe Kahura, a teacher at Bofa Primary School in Kilifi, was a Top 10 finalist for the 2015 Prize.
