Singaporean teacher short listed for RM4.3mil prize, but says 'no'

Dr Muhammad Nazir Amir, who won the President's Award for Teachers last year, says he is not taking part in the competition for personal reasons. He is seen here in the school's laboratory with laboratory support officer Nor Aini Abdullah and some of his students.ST FILE PHOTO.

SINGAPORE: Greenview Secondary School teacher Muhammad Nazir Amir, who teaches science by getting his students to design toys , was Wednesday morning named one of the 50 finalists shortlisted for a US$1mil (RM4.3mil) teaching prize by a Dubai-based education charity.

But in a surprise turn of events, Dr Nazir, 38, who won the President's Award for Teachers last year, said he was not proceeding with the competition.