Peter Mokaya Tabichi
He is a Kenyan science teacher and Franciscan friar at Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School in Pwani, Nakuru County. He is the winner of the 2019 Global Teacher Prize.
1982
Kenya
Kenyan
In 2019 Tabichi was awarded the $1 million Global Teacher Prize. The award receives over 10,000 nominations. Tabichi travelled to Dubai to collect the prize, the first time he had ever flown. In April 2019, Tabichi was appointed as Champion for Children in Conflicts and Crisis
Tabichi was born in rural Kenya. He said he was inspired to become a teacher because of his family, “I admired the impact they had in the society, and wanted to better their script”. He started his teaching career in a private school.
Tabichi is a Franciscan friar. He joined the Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School in 2016, where he teaches maths and physics. The school is located in a semi-arid village in the Rift Valley Province, a region impacted by famine and drought. Tabichi donates 80% of his salary to supporting pupils in the Pwani Village. The school population is made up of seven different tribes, with around 95% of students living in poverty and one third live with only one parent. Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School only has one computer, intermittent access to the internet and a student-teacher ratio of 58:1. Tabichi launched the Talent Nurturing Club, which has dramatically improved attendance. He also established a peace club, uniting representatives who have been involved with violence. He engages with local communities; teaching residents how to grow crops that can resist famine. Tabichi and his students work on renewable energy and devices which can support people with disabilities. Under Tabichi’s influence, his students have reached the finals of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and won an award from the Royal Society of Chemistry. In a small period of time Tabichi has doubled the number of students attending university.
Parents – Lawrence Tabichi
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