Nordfyns Hojskole, Denmark, 26th Oct 2026 – The 2026 H.C.Andersen Teacher’s Award (ATA) ceremony took place on October 13 at the Andersen Museum in Odense, Denmark, recognizing ten educators from different countries and regions for their contributions in educational practice and promoting children’s growth.  

Winners taking photos with guests.

The selection process for this year began on August 22, 2025, involving multi-channel nominations, interviews with the judges, on-site school visits, and final evaluations, ultimately choosing ten winners. Among the awardees, Li Jianhua, Tong Sheng, Yang Yinghong, Chen Dong, Guo Zhiqi, and Zhou Guoping visited Germany and Denmark from October 4 to 14, 2026, for observation and learning, and attended the awards ceremony on October 13.  

Guests attending included Ejnar Stig Askgaard, deputy director of the Andersen Museum; Benny Nibo, chairman of the ATA committee; Erik Simonsen, former deputy mayor of Odense; Mogens Godballe, principal of Nordfyns Hojskole; the award initiator Dong Ruixiang; special guest media figure Cheng Shi; and outstanding kindergarten representative Yu Shan.  

All the award recipients join in reciting excerpts from the “Hans Christian Andersen Educator Award – Denmark Declaration.”

During the ceremony, Ejnar Stig Askgaard delivered a welcome speech, followed by speeches from Benny Nibo and Erik Simonsen. Afterwards, Dong Ruixiang, Benny Nybo, and Erik Simonsen jointly presented the ATA certificates, and all awardees recited excerpts from the “Andersen Teacher’s Award Denmark Declaration.”  

At the same event, the first Sindberg Knight Award ceremony was held, with Sindberg’s niece Mariann Stenvig Andersen presenting the award certificate to Li Bo. Dong Ruixiang presented a commemorative award plate to Marianna, honoring Sindberg’s aid to the Chinese people during the War of Resistance. 
 

Dong Xiangrui, founder of the Hans Christian Andersen Teacher Award, has been awarded a certificate of “Honorary Citizen of Nordfyn Municipality” by the Danish government.

Mogens Godballe led everyone in singing a Danish folk song and, on behalf of the mayor of Nordfyns Municipality, presented Dong Ruixiang with the “Honorary Citizen of Nordfyns Municipality” certificate, along with a thanks letter from Nordfyns Hojskole. After the ceremony, attendees toured the Andersen Museum and attended a welcome luncheon.  

Dong Ruixiang shared that his study experience in Denmark inspired his thoughts on education, and he hopes to promote Andersen’s educational philosophy through the award, spreading kindness and peace via education and fostering China-Denmark exchange and children’s education development.  

The awardees expressed that through visits, exchanges, and discussions, they deepened their understanding of Danish education. In the future, they plan to integrate what they learned into teaching, carry out educational practices and philosophy-sharing activities, and continue collaborating with other educators to create a happier and more enjoyable learning environment for children.  

The H.C.Andersen Teacher’s Award was founded in 2021 by the H.C.Andersen International Kindergarten College and was jointly initiated by Dong Ruixiang and Danish education figure Benny Nybo. The award is open to educators worldwide and those engaged in children’s family education and research, recognizing ten representative educational practitioners each year. Its goal is to promote Nordic educational ideas and encourage international educational exchange and cooperation.
 

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ATA Ceremony Held in Denmark, Honoring Ten Global Educators

Nordfyns Hojskole, Denmark, 26th Oct 2026 – The 2026 H.C.Andersen Teacher’s Award (ATA) ceremony took place on October 13 at the Andersen Museum in Odense, Denmark, recognizing ten educators from different countries and regions for their contributions in educational practice and promoting children’s growth.  

Winners taking photos with guests.

The selection process for this year began on August 22, 2025, involving multi-channel nominations, interviews with the judges, on-site school visits, and final evaluations, ultimately choosing ten winners. Among the awardees, Li Jianhua, Tong Sheng, Yang Yinghong, Chen Dong, Guo Zhiqi, and Zhou Guoping visited Germany and Denmark from October 4 to 14, 2026, for observation and learning, and attended the awards ceremony on October 13.  

Guests attending included Ejnar Stig Askgaard, deputy director of the Andersen Museum; Benny Nibo, chairman of the ATA committee; Erik Simonsen, former deputy mayor of Odense; Mogens Godballe, principal of Nordfyns Hojskole; the award initiator Dong Ruixiang; special guest media figure Cheng Shi; and outstanding kindergarten representative Yu Shan.  

All the award recipients join in reciting excerpts from the “Hans Christian Andersen Educator Award – Denmark Declaration.”

During the ceremony, Ejnar Stig Askgaard delivered a welcome speech, followed by speeches from Benny Nibo and Erik Simonsen. Afterwards, Dong Ruixiang, Benny Nybo, and Erik Simonsen jointly presented the ATA certificates, and all awardees recited excerpts from the “Andersen Teacher’s Award Denmark Declaration.”  

At the same event, the first Sindberg Knight Award ceremony was held, with Sindberg’s niece Mariann Stenvig Andersen presenting the award certificate to Li Bo. Dong Ruixiang presented a commemorative award plate to Marianna, honoring Sindberg’s aid to the Chinese people during the War of Resistance. 
 

Dong Xiangrui, founder of the Hans Christian Andersen Teacher Award, has been awarded a certificate of “Honorary Citizen of Nordfyn Municipality” by the Danish government.

Mogens Godballe led everyone in singing a Danish folk song and, on behalf of the mayor of Nordfyns Municipality, presented Dong Ruixiang with the “Honorary Citizen of Nordfyns Municipality” certificate, along with a thanks letter from Nordfyns Hojskole. After the ceremony, attendees toured the Andersen Museum and attended a welcome luncheon.  

Dong Ruixiang shared that his study experience in Denmark inspired his thoughts on education, and he hopes to promote Andersen’s educational philosophy through the award, spreading kindness and peace via education and fostering China-Denmark exchange and children’s education development.  

The awardees expressed that through visits, exchanges, and discussions, they deepened their understanding of Danish education. In the future, they plan to integrate what they learned into teaching, carry out educational practices and philosophy-sharing activities, and continue collaborating with other educators to create a happier and more enjoyable learning environment for children.  

The H.C.Andersen Teacher’s Award was founded in 2021 by the H.C.Andersen International Kindergarten College and was jointly initiated by Dong Ruixiang and Danish education figure Benny Nybo. The award is open to educators worldwide and those engaged in children’s family education and research, recognizing ten representative educational practitioners each year. Its goal is to promote Nordic educational ideas and encourage international educational exchange and cooperation.
 

Media Contact

Organization: Hans Christian Andersen Teacher Award Organizing Committee

Contact Person: Dong Ruixiang

Website: https://www.and822.com

Email: Send Email

City: Nordfyns Højskole

Country: Denmark

Release id: 50202

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ATA Ceremony Held in Denmark, Honoring Ten Global Educators

DUBAI, UAE, October 26, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — ZWAG AI today officially announced the launch of the Center of Excellence for Linguistic Sovereignty (CoE-LS) at the Dubai AI Festival.

The digital future belongs to every language and not just a few. The launch of the CoE-LS marks a vital step toward securing cognitive sovereignty and digital equity for global language communities. Through its flagship linguistic intelligence platform, ZWAG AI is calling on global governments, universities, and incubators to join the mission to map missing linguistic structures, build comprehensive language profiles, and ensure every community’s digital autonomy in the age of artificial intelligence.

Preserving Linguistic Integrity in Artificial Intelligence

While today’s Large Language Models (LLMs) often appear fluent in widely spoken and regional languages—such as Thai, Tamil, Arabic, or Swahili—they routinely fail by breaking critical grammatical structures, cultural context, and formal registers that native speakers rely on.

To bridge this gap, ZWAG AI developed Mātṛ, a model-agnostic correction layer that operates as AI trust and correctness infrastructure. Instead of requiring costly model retraining, Mātṛ models each language as a structured system, evaluates AI outputs against native typological rules, and selects or corrects the output in real time. The platform’s Translation Studio public beta currently supports 2,400+ languages.

“We shouldn’t have to water down our native languages to fit a machine’s logic,” said Priya M. Nair, Co-founder and CEO of ZWAG AI. “Our mission is teaching AI to respect our heritage, our values, and our mother tongues; and it starts with getting the language right.”

“AI does not fail people because it lacks intelligence. It fails them because it misreads the structure of their language,” said Nipuna Abeykoon, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer at ZWAG AI. “Correctness, not fluency, is what earns trust.”

A Global Call to Action for Governments, Institutions and Linguists

The Center of Excellence for Linguistic Sovereignty serves as an institutional framework partnering with universities, cultural organizations, and regional governments to host Linguistics Excellence Centres. Academic institutions, professional translators, linguists, and native speakers are invited to contribute to building and refining native language profiles via the platform’s global contributor program at matrintelligence.com/platform/contribute.

Executive Profiles

Priya M. Nair, Co-founder and CEO, ZWAG AI-

Priya M. Nair leads ZWAG AI in its mission to ensure AI operates accurately and equitably across all global languages. A Global Ambassador for Responsible AI (GAFAI) and advocate for diversity and inclusion, she brings a relentless soulful focus to machine intelligence infrastructure. She is the author of Formula-G: Scale Your Startup to a Growth Machine (November 2021) and has mentored startups through various initiatives. A prominent voice on Ethical & Responsible AI, she has spoken across major regional forums, including Startup Grind Dubai, TiE Dubai, Emerge Conference, Vibe Martech Fest, in5 Tech, and GITEX. She was recently awarded the Entrepreneurial Leadership Award at the Women of Substance 2026 ceremony held at BITS Pilani Campus, Dubai.

Nipuna Abeykoon, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, ZWAG AI-

Nipuna Abeykoon leads innovation and research behind Mātṛ, serving as the lead author of ZWAG AI’s research on typologically informed correction of AI language outputs. He speaks English, Sinhala, and Hindi. Trained as a classical musician (Sangeet Visharad, Bhatkhande Vidyapeeth) and sound engineer, his ear for auditory structure informs Mātṛ’s approach to structural language alignment. He has orchestrated major digital transformation initiatives for the Government of Sri Lanka, contributed to three Colombo Stock Exchange IPOs.

About ZWAG AI

ZWAG AI Ltd is a Dubai-based deep-tech company registered in DIFC and operating out of DIFC Innovation One at the Dubai AI Campus. It is a subsidiary of Delaware-incorporated ZWAG INC. ZWAG AI builds Mātṛ, model-agnostic AI trust and correctness infrastructure that enables Large Language Models to deliver structurally accurate outputs across thousands of languages without retraining.

Backed by empirical research co-authored with researchers from IIIT Hyderabad (arXiv:2602.01162), ZWAG AI calls upon governments, universities, and AI model developers committed to linguistic accuracy and digital equity.

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