Opinion: We must recognize and honour the teachers who shape a new generation of thoughtful young people

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Siv Kumani is a Global Pluralism Award Jury member and Director General of the International Baccalaureate

Teachers have an opportunity to equip our students – our next wave of humanity – with the empathetic, critical and forward thinking needed to solve today’s local problems with a global mindset.They must convey to their students that their actions and decisions, as tomorrow’s leaders, will not only affect the people around them – who look and think like them.

The Global Pluralism Award, offered by the Global Centre for Pluralism, was envisioned by His Highness the Aga Khan, chair of the centre’s board, as a way to celebrate pluralism in action. From among over 500 applications from 74 countries, today we announced the winners. From the Balkans, Ghana and Myanmar, the winners are truly inspiring examples of educators and leaders shaping a new generation of thoughtful and open-minded young people.

Now, they are coming to terms with the past and teaching their students to embrace the differences in their communities and push back against ethno-nationalism. They are pioneering approaches to teaching about the 1990s wars that critically assess narratives of exclusion. So that when their students take on the leadership roles in their society, divisions along ethnic, religious and social lines will not be perpetuated.

GlobeDebate White people are not allowed in stock photography. Has anybody actually ever had a Somali teacher? Yeah, me neither.

GlobeDebate That's an awesome picture of a younger Justin Trudeau teaching math to students at West Point Grey...nice tribute!

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