{"id":2688,"date":"2019-02-20T09:59:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T09:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2019-02-20T10:00:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T10:00:53","slug":"ghanas-best-teacher-nominated-for-global-teachers-prize-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/20\/ghanas-best-teacher-nominated-for-global-teachers-prize-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana&#8217;s best teacher nominated for Global Teachers Prize 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Best Primary Teacher of 2018, Robert Gariba has been nominated among 50 others for the Global Teachers Prize 2019 organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.varkeyfoundation.org\/\">Varkey Foundation<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Gariba, a Special Education Teacher  of Richard Akwei Memorial School at Galloway in Accra, is known for his innovative ways of teaching students with special needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education minister , Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh speaking at the event lauded Mr. Gariba for using his resources to help special needs children and also finding practical interventions which enables them to have equal learning opportunities as other children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Opoku Prempeh said \u201cMr Gariba works with children with special needs and has provided innovative and specific practical interventions to enable these children to stay in school and thus, have an equal chance at learning opportunities that will enable them to develop to their fullest potential\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further commended Varkey Foundation for making an excellent choice in selecting Robert Gariba for the Global Teachers Prize and also he is optimistic that Gariba would be shortlisted to the final 10 for him to showcase his creativity to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Global Teacher Prize made an excellent choice of Mr Gariba. 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