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Meet the Global Teacher Prize Winner for 2023!

Pakistani teacher Sister Zeph, who founded her own school for underprivileged children in the courtyard of her home at 13, has been named the winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2023
8 Nov 2023
France
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Global Teacher Prize 2023 Awards Ceremony | UNESCO Headquarters Paris, France
Global Teacher Prize 2023 Awards Ceremony | UNESCO Headquarters Paris, France

We are delighted to announce that Sister Zeph, an English, Urdu, culture, inter-faith harmony, climate change teacher at Gujranwala, Punjab in Pakistan, has been named the winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2023, organised in collaboration with UNESCO and in strategic partnership with Dubai Cares, a UAE-based global philanthropic organisation.

Sister Zeph was selected from over 7,000 nominations and applications for the Global Teacher Prize from 130 countries around the world.  Sister Zeph accepted her award on 8 November 2023 at a ceremony that took place at UNESCO's General Conference in Paris.

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