(Well since I’m now free to do so I can now endorse my favourite teachers: Phalla Neang and Azizullah Royesh will hopefully both win!   I’m in awe of their achievements)

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The Global Teacher Prize is an annual one million dollar award from the Varkey Foundation to be given to a super-special teacher. One innovative and caring teacher who has made an inspirational impact on their students and their community will receive the reward of a lifetime. The winner will be chosen by the prominent Global TeacherPrize Academy made up of head-teachers, educational experts, commentators, journalists, public officials, tech entrepreneurs, company directors and scientists from around the world. You can see the list here. and here is Globalteacherprize.org report about top 10 finalists. Azizullah Royesh, Afghan teacher has been choosen as one of top 10 global teachers in this list.

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Azizullah Royesh, former NED Reagan-Fascell fellow and current NED grantee in Afghanistan, is one of 10 finalists for the Varkey Foundation's Global Teacher Prize . The prize is an annual $1 million award given to an innovative and exemplary teacher who has inspired their students and communities.

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Seems I’m not the only one who has taken notice. My good friend Aziz Royesh is being recognized for the amazing work he, his supporters, and his talented staff and intelligent students have been doing. He has been nominated and has been named one of ten finalists for the Global Teacher of the Year. The winner will be named March 16, and I look forward and hope he wins.

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If awarded the prize, Royesh will use the funds to renovate and expand the Marefat School. He will also launch a professional teacher training academy so that Marefat’s education model can be expanded and applied throughout the country.

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Very excited to announce the top 10 finalists of the world's first Global

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Monday, February 16, 2015 Kabul (BNA) Azizullah Royesh, founder of Marafat High School, has been selected in ten top teachers of the world and nominated by Global Teacher Prize organization for world teacher award. The prize having financial and spiritual values and is significant as Nobel Prize is granted to a top teacher of the world and its cash prize reaches to $1m.

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It's no surprise that award-winning Zarbul Masalha ("Proverbs" in Dari) editor Azizullah Royesh has been named one of the Top 10 Finalists worldwide for the Varkey Foundation's prestigious Global Teacher Prize. The Global Teacher Prize is an annual one million dollar award given each year by the Varkey Foundation to ONE very special teacher, somewhere in the world, who has made an extraordinary impact on their students and community.

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I don’t know Aziz Royesh Personally. Even I didn’t go to his school and never sat down in his classroom. But I am sure I know the way he is in more than most of you! I have been hearing his name more than 10 years. “Moalim Aziz” has inspired lots of my close friends. A lot of my colleagues, friends and university classmates have talked about him at least once. My uncle! One of my five uncles used to teach at the Marifat High School, which is founded by Aziz Royesh.

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"To me, nothing is more inspirational than seeing the innocent smiles of my students around the school. They come to school everyday to learn a single letter or digit with excitement. Just as these individual characters contribute to making a perfect student, the often trivial contributions of billions of people throughout the history has made the world that we live in. Similarly, it inspires me to believe that my work, even if small, has contributed to the betterment of my community. "

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فهرست ۱۰ معلم برتر جهان که منتشر شد، در کنار سه معلم از امریکا و معلم‌هایی از هند، هاییتی، کنیا، کامبوج، مالزی و انگلستان، نام «عزیز رویش» بیشتر به چشم آمد. شاید از آن جهت که افغانستان یادآور مدرسه‌ و کتاب‌هایی بود که به دست طالبان به آتش کشیده شد. زمانی این کشور برابر شده بود با ممنوعیتِ دانستن و حالا معلمی که خود تا کلاس پنجم تحصیل کرده توانسته با راه‌اندازیِ مدرسه‌ی خصوصی در کشورش، در ردیف کسانی قرار بگیرد که تلاش‌هایشان برای آموختن موثر بوده. 

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شفقنا افغانستان- جایزه‌ی جهانی معلم که هزینه‌ی آن یک میلیون دالر است، از سوی نهاد جهانی ورکی (Varkey) هر سال برای برترین معلم جهان داده می‌شود. این جایزه برای تقدیر از معلمانی در سطح جهان اختصاص می‌یابد که در شرایط سخت در عرصه‌ی آموزش و پرورش‌ بیش‌ترین تأثیرگذاری را داشته‌اند. هر سال هزاران معلم از سراسر جهان برای این جایزه نامزد می‌شوند. امسال‌، معلم عزیز رویش، بنیان‌گذار لیسه‌ی عالی معرفت از افغانستان نیز نامزد این جایزه است. او اکنون در جمع ده معلم برتر جهان قرار گرفته است. قرار است برنده‌ی نهایی این جایزه به تاریخ شانزدهم مارچ 2015‌ اعلام شود. عزیز رویش یکی از این ده معلم برتر جهان است و‌ عنوان معلم برتر جهان و جایزه‌ی یک ملیون دالری در انتظار اوست 

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