The 2022 National Best Teacher, Stella Gyimaah Larbi, has been selected in the top 50 shortlist for the GEMS Education Global Teacher Prize, a Varkey Foundation initiative organised in collaboration with UNESCO.

Stella, a teacher at Adenta Community School in Ghana was selected from over 5,000 nominations and applications from 89 countries around the world.

Now in its ninth year, the $1 million Global Teacher Prize is the largest prize of its kind.

It was set up to recognise one exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession as well as to shine a spotlight on the important role teachers play in society.