A Tamil teacher nominated for 'The Global Teacher Prize 2019'

The Global Teacher Prize is an annual US $1 million award by the Varkey Foundation to a teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession. The Global Teacher Prize, which has been referred to by journalists as the Nobel Prize for teaching, highlights and celebrates the profession while giving greater recognition to the work of teachers all over the world. Two of the 50 teachers short-listed for The Global Teacher Prize are Australians. One of them is a Tamil – Yasodai Selvakumaran, a history and society and culture teacher, at Rooty Hill High School, NSW. Kulasegaram Sanchayan talks to Yasodai about her passion for teaching and about the award.