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Ashish Dhawan and Pranav Kothari from India are among 10 finalists for the inaugural ‘Asia Education Medal’ by T4 Education…

Baela Jamil, CEO, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) – Centre for Education and Consciousness, Pakistan
Duriya Aziz Singapore Wala, Senior Vice President (Education, International), Scholastic Inc, Singapore
Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela, Commissioner, Commission on Higher Education, Philippines
Korvi Rakshand, Founder & Executive Director, JAAGO Foundation, Bangladesh
Nargish Khambatta, Principal & CEO GEMS Modern Academy, UAE
Pranav Kothari , CEO, Educational Initiatives, India
Shahnaz Al-Sadat, Chairperson, LeapEd Services Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Shinichi Yamanaka, President, KADOKAWA DWANGO Education Institute, Japan
Yuhyun Park, Founder & CEO, DQ Institute, Singapore

Nominations for the Asia Education Medal opened in February 2024 for individuals working to improve pre-kindergarten, K-12, vocational and
university education who are either educators or school leaders, civil society leaders, public servants, government o
entrepreneurs, business leaders, or technologists.

The Asia Education Medal is one of the three World Education Medals
which was founded in 2022 and has grown to be Africa’s most prestigious education accolade, as well as the new Latin America Education Medal
which was also launched this year.
The winner of the Asia Education Medal will be invited to attend the
23-24 November and, in recognition of the urgent need to solve the teacher recruitment and retention
crisis to tackle learning gaps, the winner will be entitled to nominate a school of their choice to receive
membership of T4 Education’s Best School to Work programme – an independent, evidence-based
mechanism to certify schools for their culture and help them transform their working environment to
attract and retain the best teachers.

The Asia Education Medal recognises the tireless work of those who are transforming education across the continent – celebrating the stories of
those who have lit the spark of change so others will be inspired to take up the torch. It is given to an outstanding individual who has
demonstrated impact, leadership, and advocacy in the

About Indian

Ashish Dhawan
philanthropies in India. His work to successfully champion Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) has made him one of the most in
education philanthropists in India in the last decade. Founded in 2012, CSF played a catalytic role in centring FLN as the primary objective of the K-
12 education ecosystem in India, which serves 250 million children.

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