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A teacher at Rooty Hill High School in Sydney's west has been named a finalist for a one million-dollar international teaching prize. Sri Lankan-born Yasodai Selvakumaran has made it to a shortlist of 10 teachers chosen from a pool of 10,000 nominees from 179 countries.

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A teacher at Rooty Hill High School in Sydney's west has been named a finalist for a one million-dollar international teaching prize. Sri Lankan-born Yasodai Selvakumaran has made it to a shortlist of 10 teachers chosen from a pool of 10,000 nominees from 179 countries.

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