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(Reuters) – Schools in Poland, Italy, India and Argentina won the world’s best school award on Thursday for achievements including supporting refugee children, an anti-bullying campaign and anti-pollution projects.

The five winners shared a $50,000 prize at the awards, which were first launched in 2022 by T4 Education, a global network for educators.

Initially a charity school that opened in March 2022, shortly after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to invade Ukraine, it now has three branches with 1,500 children in the Polish cities of Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw.

Istituto Galilei-Costa-Scarambone in Lecce, Italy, has won the Supporting Healthy Lives award for its student-led anti-bullying initiative ‘Mabasta’ (stop it), which also focuses on mental wellbeing.

Two schools in India have won awards. The Environmental Action award went to Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj in New Delhi for its hydroponics and biogas plants projects against water scarcity and pollution, while CM RISE School Vinoba, Ratlam won the Innovation Award.

It was recognized for its ‘Cycle of Growth’ model, which supports teacher development and student engagement, and has helped increase school attendance from 25% to 85% and exam pass rate from 29% to 82 %.

Colegio María de Guadalupe in Buenos Aires won the Community Collaboration award for its program for financially vulnerable students that combines education with professional development.

An additional prize, the Community Choice Award, went to Kalvi International Public School in the Indian city of Madurai for its outreach initiative for children from poorer families and for its focus on holistic development and social inclusion.

“I hope that governments will now look to your shining examples to see what can be achieved if schools commit to high performance and if education aims to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing our societies,” said T4 Education and the founder of the awards, Vikas Pota. said in a statement.

(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Sharon Singleton)

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