The Yidan Prize Foundation has announced that nominations are now open for the 2024 Yidan Prize which is considered the world’s highest education accolade.
Nominations will close on March 31 2024.
The Foundation is looking for innovators who are making significant strides in education across the globe in two key areas which are education research and education development.
Laureates will receive a gold medal and a total sum of HK$30 million (Sh577,856,109.10) or (US$3.8 million), shared equally between teams.
Education is widely considered the key to a brighter future not only in Africa but globally, education change makers have been urged to apply and shine a spotlight on their work, Angeline Murimirwa, CEO of CAMFED is the only African to have ever won the prize in 2020.
The 2024 Yidan Prize laureates will become part of the Yidan Council of Luminaries, joining a global community of education experts who come together to exchange ideas, build bridges between research and practice, and act as a collective voice to address some of the biggest challenges facing education today.
For more information about making a Yidan Prize nomination, visit the Yidan Prize Foundation website: https://ydprize.org/46ItQPP
About The Yidan Prize Foundation
The Yidan Prize Foundation is a global philanthropic foundation, with a mission of creating a better world through education. Through its prize and network of innovators, the Yidan Prize Foundation supports ideas and practices in education—specifically, ones with the power to positively change lives and society.
The Yidan Prize is an inclusive education accolade that recognizes individuals or teams who have contributed significantly to the theory and practice of education. It consists of two prizes, working in harmony: the Yidan Prize for Education Research and the Yidan Prize for Education Development. The prizes are designed for impact: laureates receive a project fund of HK$15 million over three years, helping them scale up their work, as well as a gold medal and a cash prize of HK$15 million. The project fund and cash prize are shared equally for teams.
BY RAISSA SAMBOU