Sabah teacher named world's best educator by Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards


KOTA KINABALU: Sabahan Sydney Engelbert has been named the world’s best educator by the Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards.

Emerging as the overall winner of the 2024 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards, the 30-year-old who teaches English at the Keningau Vocational College triumphed over 14,800 nominees from 140 countries.

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