Hollywood stars and real-life couple Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis will join the judging panel of the Chegg.org Global Student Prize, launched by the Varkey Foundation.
Also joining the celebrities on the panel will be the US women’s national soccer team player and two-time World Cup winner Julie Ertz and NFL player and Super Bowl champion Zach Ertz. The quartet will join the new Global Student Prize Academy and pick this year’s winner.
The Varkey Foundation launched the Chegg.org Global Student Prize this year, a $50,000 sister award to the Global Teacher Prize, to create a new platform that highlights the efforts of gifted students throughout the world who are making a real impact on learning.
Published April 21, 2021, 11:19 AM
Are you extraordinary?
If your answer is “yes,” the Department of Education (DepEd) wants you to join this year’s Global Student Prize (GSP).
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“This is a great opportunity for our hardworking learners who showcased leadership and creativity to help their fellow students and their communities overcome the challenges of the pandemic,” Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones said in a statement issued Wednesday, April 21.
DepEd is inviting all Filipino learners who “exhibited extraordinary initiatives amidst the challenges in education” to join the 2021 GSP.
In a separate advisory, DepEd said that the Global Student Prize 2021 is a $50,000 (P 2.4 million) sister prize to the Global Teacher Prize established by the Varkey Foundation with Chegg.org.
The Varkey Foundation has launched the
Chegg.org Global Student Prize this year, a US$50,000 sister award to the Global Teacher Prize, to highlight the efforts of extraordinary students throughout the world that are making a real impact on learning, the lives of their peers and on society beyond.
Chegg.org is the impact, advocacy, and research arm of Chegg: addressing the issues facing the modern student. The Global Student Prize is open to all students who are at least 16 years old and enrolled in an academic institution or training and skills programme. Part time students as well as students enrolled in online courses are also eligible for the prize.
Application Deadline: April 30th 2021
The Global Teacher Prize is a US $1 million award presented annually to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to their profession.
The Global Teacher Prize serves to underline the importance of educators and the fact that, throughout the world, their efforts deserve to be recognised and celebrated. It seeks to acknowledge the impacts of the very best teachers – not only on their students but on the communities around them.
In 2013, the Varkey Foundation commissioned Populus, the leading research and strategy consultancy, to gather in-depth opinions from 21 countries to explore attitudes about the teaching profession; teachers’ salaries; students’ attitudes towards educators and how participants rated their own education systems.
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