GEMS Education Students Recognised With Hamdan Bin Rashid Award for Distinguished Academic Performance
The ‘Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Distinguished Academic Performance 2018’ recognised 12 students from six GEMS Education schools, for the 20th edition of the awards.
A total of twelve students from six schools: GEMS Wellington International School, GEMS Our Own English High School, GEMS Millennium School – Sharjah, Cambridge International School, GEMS Al Barsha National School and Our Own High school, are recognised with the Hamdan Academic Award in the Outstanding Student category.
Sir Christopher Stone, Chief Education Officer, GEMS Education, said: “I’d like to offer my congratulations to the students for their commitment and dedication to excellence. I’m delighted that the academic accomplishments of GEMS students have been recognised by this prestigious award. It’s an outstanding achievement, indicative of the hard work and effort of the students and their teachers.”
Designed to highlight academic achievements, the ‘Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Distinguished Academic Performance’ acknowledges talents, skills and leadership abilities across a variety of disciplines.
Background Information
GEMS Education
In 1959, two teachers, KS Varkey and his wife Mariamma, arrived in Dubai.
At the time, Dubai was a burgeoning trade centre on the Arabian Gulf. The Varkey family had left Kerala, India to seek a better life for their family. What they found was a real need to educate children arriving in the city from around the world.
Their son, Sunny, added a visionary’s ambition to a practitioner's experience. From simple roots in a family of teachers, GEMS Education, is today an international company with schools and education services across the Middle East. We still share the same mission - to provide a quality education to everyone.