The winner is chosen by the prominent Global Teacher Prize Academy made up of head-teachers, educational experts, commentators, journalists, public officials, tech entrepreneurs, company directors and scientists from around the world:
Ronit Avni
Dixit Joshi
Kanika Dewan
Erik Charas
Andre Loesekrug-Pietri
Luis E. Garcia de Brigard
April Rinne
Biola Alabi
Marieme Jamme
Ambarish Mitra
Abdulsalam Haykal
Andrew Giordano
George Kronnisanyon Werner
Jordan Shapiro
Arup Ganguly
Badr Jafar
Devry Boughner Vorwerk
Candice Beaumont
Kanaiya Parekh
Ramona Mehta
Gemma Mortensen
Ashutosh Tiwari
Mathieu Flamini
Dave Duarte
Nik Kafka
Justin Cooper
Leila Hoteit
Niel Harper
Benedict Carandang
Maria Rosella Manni
Cristiano Camara
Nilmini Rubin
Miniya Chatterji
Arvind Satyam
Drue Kataoka
Dr. Anoob Pakkar-Hull
Eric Booth
Gavin Maxwell
Euvin Naidoo
Lopa Patel
Eleni Antoniadou
Andy Wales
Alan Sien Wei Hshieh
Chin Hwee Tan
Nabila Ramdani
Dr Neema Kaseje
Jeremy Balkin
Jitesh Gadhia
Ganzorig Vanchig
Prof Mark V. Vlasic
Arnaud Ventura
Hafsat Abiola Costello
Asheesh Advani
Brett Wigdortz
Nigel Walsh
Borhene Chakroun
Carla Aerts
Dina Shoman
Martin Aspillaga
Justine Thomas
Anoop Ratnaker Rao
Ana Gabriela Pessoa
Olivia Leland
Herman Kasekende
Sabri Saidam
Lewis Pugh
Fareed Zakaria
Lucy Lake
Heekyung Jo Min
Mariana Luz
James E Ryan
Lucian Tarnowski
Irene Tinagli
Nicky Cox
Rebecca Winthrop
Carlos Vargas Tamez
Patrick Youssef
Alberto Alemanno
Brian Schreuder
Bruno Sanchez Andrade Nuno
Claire Gault
Daniel Schwartz
Leandro Machado
George Couros
Mona Hammami
Johan Andersson
Goekhan Yuecel
Dave Hanley
Kennedy Odede
Justin Hall-Waters
Arturo Condo
Merieme Chadid
Elaine Smith
Irina Anghel-Enescu
Afonso Mendonça Reis
Jessica Long
Bjarte Reve
Leo Schlesinger
Carlos Fernandes
Azeem Ibrahim
Angela Hawken
Loula Bakr
Raju Narisetti
Jasandra Nyker
Kanika Sanger
Reuben Abraham
Richa Anirudh
Esteban Bullrich
Marlon Parker
Bernice Dapaah
Burcu Geris
Claire Boonstra
Olivier Oullier
Alvaro Fernandez
Amile Samarakoon
Kevin Loft
Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa
Lena Feygin
Francesca Colombo
Professor Li Wei
Jo (Jozef M.M.) Ritzen
Jeffrey Lim
Ayla Goksel
Lutfey Siddiqi
Habib Haddad
Lorenzo Bakewell-Stone
Dr. Juan Pablo Lichtmajer
Kim Jayde
Bright Simons
Clare Lockhart
Angela Morelli
Jorge Ferrão
Florian Hoffmann
Jennifer Zhu Scott
Jonathan Rake
Ivan P. Vatchkov
Felipe Algorta
Claudia Costin
Mark Turrell
Susannah Rodgers
Amy Shields
Thomas Crampton
Tshering Lama
Yousri Marzouki
Wendy Kopp
Tom Burke
Stephan Morais
Srdja Popovic
Yuhyun Park
Prof Dr Ger Graus OBE
Maryssa O'Connor
Clare Marchant
Lisa Crausby OBE
Vandana Goyal
Dr. Ethan Hildreth
Tuan Pham
Charles Best
Dr Jackie Chimhanzi
Yinglan Tan
Vicki Davis
Zayna Aston
Yan Yanovskiy
Grace Vegesana
Steven Anderson
Janelle Schwartz
Sumera Haque
Tariq Al Gurg
Zubaida Bai
Will Potter
Pratik Dattani
Sonia Medina
Soulaymane Kachani
Salimah Ebrahim
Silas Lwakabamba
So-Young Kang
Soulaima Gourani
Silje Vallestad
Pak Tee Ng
Sandro Salsano