¨     Indian teacher Rouble Nagi won the Global Teacher Prize 2026 at the World Government Summit.

¨     She won one-million-dollar award presented by GEMS Education in its tenth edition.
¨     Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, presented her the award.
¨     Nagi has been recognized for transforming neglected walls into educational murals.
¨     They teach reading, writing, and arithmetic and cover public health and environmental awareness as well.
¨     She has helped more than one million children access formal education over the past 20 years. She uses art as a tool for learning.
¨     Nagi was selected from over 5,000 nominations that came from 139 countries.
¨     Through the Rouble Nagi Art Foundation, she has established more than 800 educational centres, operating across India.
¨     Out-of-school children can begin structured learning at these centres and gradually return to formal schools.