To Sir With Love - Winner of US$1mil teacher prize changed girls' lives in India

The graphic shows the image of Indian village teacher Ranjitsinh Disale who has won Global Teacher Prize 2020 on December 3, 2020. Varkey Foundation/Handout via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - This year's Global Teacher Prize has been awarded to Ranjitsinh Disale for his work helping girls, most of then from poor tribal communities, at a village school in western India.

Disale immediately announced he would share the US$1mil prize money with the nine other finalists.