Rouble Nagi, an Indian teacher, won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize for establishing hundreds of learning centers at the annual World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Nagi is the twelfth teacher to receive the prize, which the charity established in 2015. Previous beneficiaries include a Kenyan teacher who contributed the majority of his wages to the impoverished, a Palestinian primary school teacher who educates children about nonviolence, and a Canadian teacher who worked in a remote Inuit town in the Arctic.

Over 800 study facilities in India have been developed by the Rouble Nagi Art Foundation. These institutions attempt to provide structured instruction to youngsters who have never attended school. They also provide supplemental education to youngsters who are already in school. Nagi also makes instructional murals about reading, science, mathematics, and history.
Rouble stated that collecting the award was a source of pride for both her and India as a whole. She recounted that she began her work 24 years ago in a small workshop with only 30 children, and her efforts have already reached over a million youngsters.

She also stated that her childhood desire was for every child to attend school, and that fulfilling that dream as an adult, by reaching as many children as possible, has been a truly humbling experience for her.