A primary school teacher from Maharashtra's Solapur has won the USD 1 million Global Teacher Prize for his inspirational work in promoting girls' education at the Zilla Parishad Primary School.
Ranjitsinh Disale was given the honour for his transformational work of translating textbooks to the poor students in their mother tongues. This attempt had helped the girls students immensely.
Also by using QR codes he made audio poems, video lectures, stories and assignments more accessible to the students.
Leader of Opposition in the State Legislative Council Praveen Darekar paid visit to Disale's house in Solapur today. Darekar lauded Disale work and said that his work is inspiration for other teachers and they should follow his example. We will recommend Disale's name for one of the 12 seats in the Legislative Council, said Praveen Darekar.
After meeting Ranjitsinh Disale, Praveen Darekar had a telephone conversation with former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis. Devendra Fadnavis also congratulated Disale for his work and wished him well.