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UAE’s Nargish Khambatta named Finalist for inaugural Asia Education Medal
        UAE’s Nargish Khamba a named Finalist for


        inaugural Asia Educa on Medal











































        Founded by T4 Educa on and HP, the new award will be given to an outstanding individual who has
        demonstrated impact, leadership, and advocacy in the field of educa on


        August 7, 2024: The UAE’s Nargish Khamba a, Principal and Chief Execu ve Officer (CEO) of GEMS Modern
        Academy, has been named among the ten Finalists of the inaugural Asia Educa on Medal. Founded this
        year by T4 Educa on and HP, the new award will be given to an outstanding individual who has
        demonstrated impact, leadership and advocacy in the field of educa on.


        The Asia Educa on Medal recognises the  reless work of those who are transforming educa on across the
        con nent, celebra ng the stories of those who have lit the spark of change so others will be inspired to take
        up the torch. It is given to an outstanding individual who has demonstrated impact, leadership and advocacy
        in the field of educa on.


        The winner of the Asia Educa on Medal will be invited to a end the World Schools Summit,which will be
        held in Dubai on November 23 and 24, 2024. In recogni on of the urgent need to solve the teacher
        recruitment and reten on crisis to tackle learning gaps, the winner will be en tled to nominate a school of
        their choice to receive membership of T4 Educa on’s Best School to Work programme, an independent,
        evidence-based mechanism to cer fy schools for their culture and help them transform their working
        environment to a ract and retain the best teachers.


        Nargish Khamba ais the Principal and CEO of GEMS Modern Academy, an independent interna onal school
        in Dubai, UAE, which was named in the Top 10 shortlist for the World’s Best School Prize for Innova on
        2023.


        Having integrated technology and entrepreneurship into its curriculum, the school has seen a 37 per cent
        year-on-year rise in student par cipa on and na onal and interna onal collabora ons with the likes of DFC,
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