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SA teacher in top 10 for $1m prize

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MARIETTE Wheeler, a science teacher at Protea Heights Academy in Cape Town, has been named a top 10 finalist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2023. The prize is organised in collaboration with Unesco and Dubai Cares, a UAE-based global philanthropic organisation.

Wheeler was selected from more than 7 000 applications from 130 countries.

She trained as a scientist, obtaining a PhD in

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