Peter Tabichi is the world's best teacher, wins Sh100 millionPeter Tabichi win Global Teacher Prize for 2019A maths and physics teacher from a secondary school in a remote village in Kenya's Rift Valley has won the Sh100 million Global Teacher Prize for 2019, organisers have said.Peter Tabichi, who organisers say gives away 80 percent of his monthly income to the poor, received the prize at a ceremony Saturday in Dubai hosted by Hollywood star Hugh Jackman. I am only here because of what my students have achieved," Tabichi said. "Drug abuse, teenage pregnancies, dropping out early from school, young marriages and suicide are common." SEE ALSO :Nakuru based teacher wins Sh100 million global prizeTo get to school, some students have to walk seven kilometres (four miles) along roads that become impassable during the rainy season. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta congratulated Tabichi in a video message, saying "your story is the story of Africa, a young continent bursting with talent".

Source: Standard Digital March 25, 2019 05:26 UTC