Amman : The British Council celebrated the distinguished achievement of the Jordanian schools participating in the International Schools Award, as part of the Connecting Classrooms project in a ceremony attended by partners and teachers from the participating schools.

Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning is a partnership between the British Council, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the United Kingdom, Ministry of Education, Directorate of Education and Military Culture and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

Dr. Najwa Qabilat, Secretary-General for Administrative and Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Education and the British Ambassador, Bridget Brind OBE attended the event.

Dr. Qabilat emphasised the importance of this award, being a global project integrating the international dimension with education in schools, and promoting Sustainable Development Goal 4, to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Providing schools with an opportunity to instil a foreign cultural awareness promotes best practice and helps young people acquire the knowledge, skills and values necessary for them.  

Speeches were delivered by Marta Lorenzo, director of UNRWA in Jordan, and Brigadier Ali Da'jah, director of Directorate of Education and Military Culture in addition to May Abu Hamdia the Deputy and Acting Director at the British Council.

Certificates, medals and prizes were distributed during the ceremony to 29 schools in Jordan, 8 from the Ministry of Education, 7 from the Directorate of Education and Military Culture and 14 from UNRWA. 23 schools received full accreditation and 3 schools achieved the intermediate level and 3 schools achieved foundation level involving 23,198 male and female students and 505 teachers and coordinators from the participating schools.

The British Ambassador to Jordan, Bridget Brind OBE, said: "Despite the many challenges of Covid19 for education over the last year, I am delighted to celebrate the success of the UK’s Connecting Classrooms programme in Jordan.  Through this programme with the British Council, we have engaged with 274 schools in Jordan on different virtual and face-to-face activities to support the professional development of teachers and to help equip young people with the knowledge, skills and values they need to live, work and thrive in a global society.

Mai Abu Hamdia Deputy and Acting Director of the British Council "We congratulate everyone for this achievement and we are proud to partner with all school education entities in Jordan, and we appreciate the efforts of teachers, school leaders and students for their perseverance despite the Corona pandemic, as they joined a global network that confers an honor medal to schools that are able to give an international dimension to teaching and learning, by developing students’ skills to create global citizens .”    

John Rolfe, Schools’ Communication Officer at British Council in the United Kingdom, thanked the representatives of partner institutions for their cooperation in order towards the support and development of the educational process in Jordan “We are very proud and delighted to work with so many inspirational schools and educators across Jordan. Many congratulations from schools across the UK on your well-deserved success in the British Council International School Award and sincere thanks to all of our partners for all your wonderful, and greatly appreciated, support for the key power, wide value and impactful benefits of international communication and collaboration.

The International School Award is one of the most important awards that schools around the world compete for under the supervision of the British Council. The International School Award is a global accreditation program that acknowledges good practices in granting the international dimension to schools. The award also seeks to achieve the fourth goal of the sustainable development goals, represented in the quality of education, in order to ensure inclusive and high-quality education for all and promote lifelong learning through equitable and real communication and collaboration.

Connecting Classrooms is a global program for schools, designed to prepare young people for living in a global society and working in a global economy. It supports teachers to develop their classroom practice in core skills - the six core skills young people need to thrive in the twenty-first century. It will help them in shaping the future for themselves and for future generations. And connecting classrooms is a partnership between the British Council and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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