Chinese teachers shortlisted for international award

Two Chinese teachers have, for the first time, been named on the top-50 shortlist for the annual Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, a prestigious international award.

Ronnie Cheng, headmaster of the Diocesan Boys' School in Hong Kong, and Yang Boya, a psychology teacher at The Affiliated Middle School of Kunming Teachers College in Yunnan province, were picked from more than 20,000 nominations and applications from 179 countries by the London-based foundation.

Now in its third year, the Global Teacher Prize was created to recognize exceptional teachers who make outstanding contributions to the profession.