Ranjitsinh Disale Maharashtra ZP School Teacher Wins Global Teacher Prize kuchbhi.com/education/ranjitsinh-disale-wins-global-teacher-prize.html Ajay Lulia
December 7, 2020
Indian teacher Ranjitsinh Disale made headlines by winning the coveted Global Teacher award and a prize of $1million for his contribution towards the education of girl children and his revolutionary technique of adding QR codes to the textbook. He singlehandedly tried to change the lives of the girls in Indian society.
Who is Ranjitsinh Disale? Image Source: linkedin.com/in/ranjitsinhdisale
Hailing from Paritewadi in Solapur, Maharashtra, Ranjitsinh aspired to be an IT engineer. However, things didn’t work his way and his father pushed him to enroll in teacher training. Once at the college, Ranjitsinh realized that teachers made important contributions to changing the world.
Ranjitsinh Disale’s Contribution to Girl Education Image Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjCrosckfbI&ab_channel=RanjitsinhDisale
In 2009, Ranjitsinh started teaching at the primary school of Zilla Parishad. He found that the girl students came from tribal communities, where girls were married off at an early age, and education was not considered a priority. Also, the textbooks were not in their local language Kannada and this compromised their learning and understanding.
Text Book with QR Codes- Ranjitsinh’s Major Contribution Image Source: https://www.facebook.com/ranjitsinh.disale
Ranjitsinh helped redesign the books for students of Class 1 to Class 4 to ensure that students understood the subjects better. He first learned Kannada and helped in redesigning the textbooks and added QR codes that would have assignments, audio poems, video lectures, stories, and more to enhance the learning outcomes of students. This helped students with improved communication, creativity, and the development of problem-solving abilities. Let’s Cross the Borders- Reaching out to 19000 Students Ranjitsinh is a member of the project ‘Let’s Cross the Borders’, with students from 1/2