Snippets of Information
Achievements - Education
* 27 Feb 2026
Image Source: globalteacherprize.org
Rouble Nagi, is a pioneering educator from India,
dedicated to making learning accessible to the most marginalised
communities. Over the past two decades, she has established more than
800 learning centres across over 100 underserved communities and
villages, reimagining abandoned walls as interactive educational murals
that spark curiosity and engagement.
Rouble has been named the winner of the GEMS Education Global Teacher
Prize, a Varkey Foundation initiative organised in collaboration with
UNESCO. Rouble's win was announced at the 2026 World Governments Summit,
Dubai UAE.
Rouble, who over the last two decades has helped bring more than one
million children into the formal education system through the use of
art, was selected from over 5,000 nominations and applications from 139
countries and was announced as the winner during a ceremony at the World
Governments Summit in Dubai.
Through her organisation, Rouble Nagi Art Foundation (RNAF),
Rouble has established more than 800 learning centres across India -
safe, inspiring spaces in over 100 underserved communities and villages
where children who have never attended school can begin structured
learning and be guided back into mainstream education. The centres also
support children already enrolled in school, providing remedial
education, emotional safety, and creative enrichment.
Central to Rouble’s work is her innovative concept of “Living Walls of
Learning.” She transforms abandoned walls into open-air, interactive
murals that teach literacy, numeracy, science, hygiene, history,
environmental awareness, and social responsibility. These murals are not
decorative artworks, but open-air classrooms that draw children into
learning, engage parents, and turn entire neighbourhoods into partners
in education.
Source: Rouble Nagi, 2026 Global Teacher Prize Winner, globalteacherprize.org
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