24 Apr 2024
Today we are pleased to announce nine teachers from around the world as our regional winners for the 2024 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards.
Regional winners
The deserving winners are:
- Europe: Aynur Bayazit, Menekşe Ahmet Yalçınkaya Anaokulu School, Kırşehir – Turkey
- Middle East & North Africa (MENA): Gina Justus, Our Own English High School Sharjah-Girls, Sharjah – United Arab Emirates
- North America: Marisa Medvetz Santos, Seminole Ridge Community High School, Florida – United States of America
- South Asia: Meena Mishra, Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan International School Mumbai – India
- East Asia: Pengfei Jiang, Zhuji Ronghuai Foreign Language School, Zhuji, Zhejiang – China
- Latin America: Ramon Majé Floriano, Montessori sede San Francisco, Pitalito – Colombia
- Pakistan: Saeeda Salim, SISA - School of International Studies in Sciences & Arts – Pakistan
- Southeast Asia & Pacific: Sydney Engelbert, Keningau Vocational College, Keningau – Malaysia
- Sub Saharan Africa: Tajudeen Odufeso, Isara Secondary School, Isara Remo, Ogun State – Nigeria
As regional winners, each teacher will receive £500 worth of books for their class, as well as a trophy. They will also take part in a regional awards ceremony and receive publicity for them and their school during the coming year. Lastly, they will appear on a ‘thank you’ page at the front of new Cambridge textbooks.
A global competition
2024 saw a record number of nominations from people wanting to thank a teacher. Cambridge received 14 840 nominations across 141 different countries, topping the previous record by over 1 000 nominations.
Rod Smith, Managing Director of International Education said, “We need 44 million teachers worldwide by 2030 if the world is to meet the UNESCO Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 of inclusive and equitable quality education. For this to happen, at Cambridge we believe we should be celebrating the profession and highlighting the hard-working teachers currently instilling a love of learning, often in difficult environments.
“We launched the Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards to ensure we took the time to thank those preparing their students to be ready for the world, whether tackling challenging educational issues like climate change or breaking down cultural barriers. I wish to congratulate all the regional winners for their immense accomplishments, which I’m sure will inspire teachers and learners across the globe.”
You can now vote on your favourite teacher out of the nine regional winners, to become the overall winner of Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards 2024. The deadline to vote is 6 May 2024 and the global winner will be announced on 29 May 2024.
To find out more about our regional winners and vote for your favourite teacher in the competition, please visit dedicatedteacher.cambridge.org/vote.