{
  "id": 12427237,
  "title": "UNESCO–Hamdan Prize awards $300,000 to three teacher development projects",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/unesco-hamdan-prize-awards-300-000-to-three-teacher-development",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T17:10:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/unescohamdan-prize-awards-300000-to-three-teacher-development-projects-in-paris-1.500700835"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dubai and Paris witnessed the 9th UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development, awarding $300,000 to three teacher development projects. Sheikh Rashid bin Hamdan Al Maktoum and Professor Chun Chen presented the awards at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris during World Teachers Day celebrations. The Prize, established in 2008, recognizes outstanding practices that enhance teacher performance and improve education quality. Each winner receives $100,000, and this year's laureates hail from Türkiye, Ethiopia, and Indonesia. The Türkiye-based Öğretmen Akademisi Vakfı – Teachers Academy Foundation (ÖRAV) won for the ÖRAV Education Festival – Teacher-Led Professional Learning Ecosystem, launched in 2015. The Ethiopian Gondar College of Teachers Education received the award for Maker-Teachers, established in 2022. The Indonesian Guru Belajar Foundation took home the prize for the Collective Teacher Leadership Development Programme, launched in 2021. This year's edition saw the highest participation since the Prize's inception, with 169 applications from 64 countries and 10 projects reaching the final stage.",
  "summary": "Dubai: Three teacher development initiatives from Türkiye, Ethiopia and Indonesia have shared $300,000 at the ninth edition of the UNESCO–Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development, honoured at a ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris as part of World Teachers' Day celebrations. Sheikh Rashid bin Hamdan Al Maktoum, Supreme President of Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Medical and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}