What Uhuru’s Meeting with Nakuru’s World Best Teacher Means to Keriko Mixed School
Peter Mokaya Tabichi (top), winner of the renowned Global Teacher's Prize, is welcomed by his students on March 27, 2019 upon arrival at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta Airport from Dubai. - Tabichi, a mathematics and physics teacher at Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School in Pwani village, Nakuru County, won the Global Teacher Prize for 2019, and with it a prize money of USD 1 million on March 24, 2019. He beat finalists selected from over 10,000 nominees and applications from 179 countries around the world. (Photo by TONY KARUMBA / AFP) (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s meeting with the winner of this year’s Global Teacher Prize’steacher Peter Mokaya Tabichi on Friday would mark a new beginning for Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School .
Speaking when he met teacher Tabichi at State House, Nairobi today, President Kenyatta said by winning the global award, the Kenyan teacher has demonstrated that commitment and integrity pays off.
The President committed to donate Shs 20 million to Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School for the expansion of infrastructure and to encourage students to undertake science subjects.
Tabichi who was declared the recipient of the 2019 Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize on Sunday in Dubai, is a mathematics and physics teacher at Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School in Pwani village, Nakuru County.
The award comes with a US$1 million prize, which is equivalent to Shs 100 million. The money will be paid in batches over a period of 10 years.
He commended teacher Tabichi’s commitment and devotion to the work of educating the youth saying Kenyans should aspire to emulate virtues and qualities demonstrated by teacher Tabichi.
At State House Nairobi, Tabichi was accompanied by CS Amina Mohammed, his family members led by his father Lawrence Tabichi and officials of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize.
