A Nobel Prize and 500,000 Dollars for Education
It lacked a Nobel Prize. If we stick to the definition of this award for despersonnalités “who provided the benefit of humanity,” education should long since have his own alongside the physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace.
In the wake of the addition of the economy in 1968, it was decided that the disciplines rewarded stopped there. That is why the Qatar Foundation, the same one that organizes the international summit Wise Education every year since 2009 in Doha, decided to set its own price: the Wise Prize, which many observers have christened the Nobel education.
The deposit remains open for applications until April 30. To be a candidate for the Wise Prize, must have contributed to the development of education anywhere in the world. But we do not candidate himself. The universities, teacher associations, unions or NGOs are only entitled to propose names. And of course the governments, departments or organizations of the United Nations. “This award aims to show our determination to accelerate the development and transformation of education, putting the light on those who act and attracting worldwide attention on those who contribute to advancing this global challenge,” said Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser, president of the Qatar Foundation. Continue reading