Brasília - Inscriptions for this year's Professor Prize for public school teachers will close on September 2. The ten best pedagogical projects in each of two categories, elementary and high school, will receive a prize of R$5,000 (slightly more than US$2,000) each, a trophy and a trip to Brasilia to attend a seminar and award ceremony.

The objective of the prize is to recognize the work of public school teachers. The projects will be judged by commissions of specialists in each state. The Professor Prize is sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the National Council of State Secretaries of Education (Consed), the Union of Municipal Managers of Education (Undime) and the Bunge and Orsa foundations.

Translator: Allen Bennett