Celebrity welcome for Kenyan teacher after winning $1 million award
By Reuters
02 April 2019 |
9:30 am
Science teacher Peter Mokaya Tabichi was awarded the Global Teacher Prize in March. He's now back at the school where he works in Kenya's Rift Valley region.
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