Ten students and one teacher honoured with prestigious award
13 year old GEMS student honoured with award for second time
3 GEMS students also win Sharjah Educational Award
Dubai, UAE- April 24, 2012: Today ten GEMS students and a teacher have been honoured with the prestigious Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Distinguished Academic Performance. With only 74 awards in the student category, this is the largest number of GEMS students ever to receive the award.
GEMS teacher Rana Khaleel, from the GEMS Wellington Academy, Silicon Oasis, has won in the best project category. GEMS student winners are from Grade 5 to Grade 11, with three recipients from The Millennium School, Dubai, two students each from Our Own English High School, Sharjah, and Our Own English High School, Dubai and one student each from The Kindergarten Starters, GEMS Wellington International School, and Our Own English High School, Abu Dhabi.
Simran Vedyas and Disha Bobby from The Millennium School, Dubai and Vrinda Shah, from Our Own English High School, Sharjah, have also been honoured with the prestigious Sharjah Educational Award for Outstanding Performance for Academic Excellence, this year. This is also the second time Simran has received this award.
Simran commented: "Being named winner twice for both of these awards is an overwhelming experience for me. I am thankful to my principal and to all the teachers for their trust and immeasurable support to me and my endeavors." Simran previously received both these awards in 2009.
Margaret Atack, Group Senior Director, GEMS Education, says: "We are proud of the accomplishments of our students. The Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Distinguished Academic Performance and Sharjah Educational Award for Outstanding Performance for Academic Excellence - are of particular importance to GEMS schools, because of their rigour in evaluating outstanding performance. GEMS students across the UAE are a fine example of what the youth of the region are capable of achieving."
Currently in its fourteenth edition, the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Distinguished Academic Performance has been designed to recognise academic achievements, talents, skills and leadership abilities across a variety of disciplines. Since the award's inception in 1998, millions of dirhams have been awarded to students, families and academic professionals in recognition of their significant contributions to the UAE. In addition to the award itself, each of the recipients was awarded AED 25,000 this year.
The full list of GEMS winners is as follows:
Student category:
1. Simran Vedvyas - Grade, 8, The Millennium School, Dubai
2. Disha Bobby - Grade, 5, The Millennium School, Dubai
3. Aditya Rajesh - Grade, 7, The Millennium School Dubai
4. Adeeb Sulaiman Albelooshi - Grade, 3, Wellington International School, Dubai
5. Michael Leo Kokkat - Grade, 5, The Kindergarten Starters
6. Vrinda Mohan - Grade, 6, Our Own English High School, Sharjah
7. Amata Sara Boban - Grade, 11, Our Own English High School, Sharjah
8. Pooja Vinod - Grade, 8, Our Own English High School, Dubai
9. Mariyam Mathews - Grade, 9, Our Own English High School, Dubai
10. Amal Prashand - Grade, 7, Our Own English High School, Abu Dhabi
Project category:
1. Rana Khaleel - Teacher, GEMS Wellington Academy, Silicon Oasis
Sharjah Educational Award for Outstanding Performance for Academic Excellence:
1. Simran Vedvyas - Grade, 8, The Millennium School , Dubai
2. Disha Bobby - Grade, 5, The Millennium School , Dubai
3. Vrinda Shah, Grade 10, Our Own English High School, Sharjah
About GEMS Education:
GEMS Education has a global network of world class international schools. With over 50 years of experience in education, GEMS provides high quality holistic education to over 100,000 students from over 140 countries. It employs over 10,000 education professionals, specialists and staff from around the world. The GEMS approach to learning focuses not only on academic excellence, but also in helping students develop their character and creativity so that they achieve their full potential as human beings. The GEMS Education school model is unique in the world because it offers a broad range of curricula across a range of tuition fees making private education more accessible to the broader community. GEMS Education also supports Governments' education reform agenda by working with Ministries of Education to lift school performance and improve the standards and expertise of government schools across the globe. GEMS Education has offices in the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, India and Singapore.
© Press Release 2012
