UAE Ministry of Education honours teachers, schools

ministry of education honours teachers schools

The Ministry of Education yesterday honoured teachers, schools and educational districts who contributed to developing education in the UAE at the first cycle of the Emirates Award for Educational Excellence ceremony yesterday.

The Minister of Education Humaid Al Qutami honoured the winners at the ceremony which aims to devise a clear criteria for measuring managerial and occupational excellence as well as encourage continuous development and improvement in education.

“When we decided to launch the award the ministry was confident that there will be many competent and experienced people in the educational field that deserve to be honoured and encouraged to increase their contribution in developing their performance. The award will also help in documenting their performance,” added Al Qutami.

The minister also announced the launch of two new categories in its next cycle for the next academic year — Outstanding Customer Service and Educational Studies and Research.

The chairman of the Higher Committee for Quality at the ministry Marwan Ahmad Al Sawaleh said that the award received many applicants in its first cycle.

“We have launched the award in order to achieve the highest degree of excellence and leadership in providing educational services. There was a strong demand as over 180 applicants applied for the award’s thirteen categories,” said Al Sawaleh.

In total the award honoured a total of 33 winners.

One of the winners, Maria Mahmoud Al Ansari, who won in the educational category, commented on the win saying, “I am very happy that I won because I did not apply myself but was nominated by others. Winning this award and being honoured by the ministry itself acts as a testimonial to my hard work.”

Noora Al Dhanahani, who is a teacher in Al Raheeb School for Primary and Secondary Education in Fujairah, won the Khalifa Award. She said that she expected to win, “We had a workshop in our school that defined what the award was about and I have already won many awards and I did well in the evaluation and interview. Winning this award means a lot because it is by the UAE ministry of education and it is a nation-wide award.”

Other winners include the Dubai Education District which won in the best education district category and Umm Al Quwain district which won in the best educational service category.