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Australian teacher makes top 10 striving for million-dollar Global Teacher Prize

Yasodai Selvakumaran

Yasodai Selvakumaran, education Source: SBS

An Australian 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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An Australian 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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