GEMS Education becomes first K-12 institution in MENA to join SAP University Alliances Program

Press release

Published April 2nd, 2014 - 08:46 GMT

Al Bawaba

GEMS Education has become the first K-12 Institution in MENA to join SAP’s University Alliances Programme (UAP).

The union was announced in Dubai at the Global Education and Skills Forum by Jim Hagemann-Snabe, Co-CEO and Executive Board Member, and Sunny Varkey, Chairman, GEMS Education.

The UAP provides hands-on experience of key technology solutions. UAP member schools gain access to the SAP Business Suite family of solutions enabling students to put classroom theory into practice through demonstrations, problem solving exercises, case studies, and research programs.

In particular, students will gain insight into how technology can empower decision-makers and unlock new routes to innovation.

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.