Yidan Prize

The Yidan Prize (/i:dan/) is a prize founded in 2016 by Chen Yidan for "contributions to education research and development". The prize is financed and governed by a HK$2.5 billion (about US$320 million) independent trust.[1][2][3][4] It is a global, inclusive education award which recognizes changemakers who inspire progress in education for a better world, and has been referred to as the largest education prize on earth.[5]

Yidan Prize Medals

Previous winners

2017

The first prize winners were named in September 2017 as Carol S. Dweck and Vicky Colbert.[6] The award ceremony took place during December 2017 in Hong Kong.[7][8]

2018

The two 2018 winners were Anant Agarwal[9][10][11] and Larry Hedges.[11][12][13]

2019

Professor Usha Goswami and Sir Fazle Hasan.[14]

2021

The prize for Education Research was awarded to Professor Eric A. Hanushek, the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, while the prize for Education Development was awarded to Dr. Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham Education Foundation.[15]

Prizes

The Yidan Prizes consist of a medal, a cash prize of HK$15 million and a project fund of HK$15 million to each of the two winners. It is supported by a US$320 million endowment.[16] Prizes are awarded at the annual Yidan Prize Summit in conjunction with an education conference.[17]

Adjudication process

Nominations may be submitted by universities, government agencies, and think tanks[18] and are reviewed by a committee involving Kōichirō Matsuura, Andreas Schleicher and Qian Tang.[17][19]

Worldwide 'Educating for the Future' Index

In 2017 the Yidan Prize Foundation released a "Worldwide 'Educating for the Future' Index"[20] (researched by the Economist Intelligence Unit)[21] comparing the education in 35 developed and developing economies (ranking by 16 indicators of education policy, "teaching environment" and "socio-economic environment"),[22] placing New Zealand and Canada in the top two places.[23]

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