T4 Education, an education development organisation, has begun reviewing nominations for the World’s Best School Prizes in order to identify winners.
The organisation named Best Intellectuals Model Institution, an Aba-based school, as one of the ten finalists for a $250,000 star prize.
T4 Education is collaborating on the World’s Best School Prizes with five other organisations, including Templeton World Charity Foundation, Accenture, and American Express.
The programme, which was launched in 2022, aims to honour educational institutions that played a critical role in educating the next generation of learners and contributing to society’s progress, particularly in the aftermath of COVID-19.
Vikas Pota, the founder of T4 Education and the World’s Best School Prizes, thanked the shortlisted schools, emphasising that the programme began as a grassroot solution to assist establish required systemic change in the education sector.
“With over 1.5 billion students affected by school and university closures, COVID has compounded a worldwide education crisis in which the UN had already warned that progress was too slow to deliver universal quality education by 2030, even before the pandemic.”
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“By sharing the tales of inspirational schools that are changing the lives of their children and making a meaningful difference in their communities, schools can share their best practises and have their voices heard at the top table to help improve education,” says the report. Educators all over the world will now be able to benefit from this exceptional Nigerian school’s example.”
Best Intellectuals Model School, he claims, was chosen for its musical video, which was created to promote student morale at a moment of turbulence in Nigerian culture.
Community collaboration, environmental action, innovation, overcoming adversity, and supporting healthy living were among the five areas recognised by the initiative.
The winners in each of the five categories will be announced during World Education Week in October 2022, and a prize of $250,000 will be split evenly among the winners, with each getting a US$50,000 award.
