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In 2010, Indian teacher Ranjitsinh Disale heard that one of his teenage female students was going to marry a man in his 30s. I directly went to the girl s house and told her father, You cannot do this, says Disale, 32, who currently teaches third- and fourth-graders at a government school in Paritewadi, a small village in western India.
When the father didn t agree, Disale called the police because child marriage is illegal in India. Together they counseled the father. Finally, he called off the wedding.
It s actions like this that helped earn Disale the title of the world s most exceptional teacher.