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UAE’s Nargish Khambatta named Finalist for inaugural Asia Education Medal | iHeartEmirates
Education Medal. Founded this year by T4 Education and HP, the new award will be given to

an outstanding individual who has demonstrated impact, leadership and advocacy in the field of
education.

The Asia Education Medal recognises the tireless work of those who are transforming education

across the continent, celebrating 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 education.

The winner of the Asia Education Medal will be invited to attend the World Schools
Summit,which will be held in Dubai on November 23 and 24, 2024. In recognition of the urgent

need to solve the teacher recruitment and retention crisis to tackle learning gaps, the winner will

be entitled to nominate a school of their choice to receive membership of T4 Education’s Best
School to Work programme, an independent, evidence-based mechanism to certify schools for

their culture and help them transform their working environment to attract and retain the best

teachers.

Nargish Khambattais the Principal and CEO of GEMS Modern Academy, an independent

international school in Dubai, UAE, which was named in the Top 10 shortlist for the World’s Best

School Prize for Innovation 2023.

Having integrated technology and entrepreneurship into its curriculum, the school has seen a
37 per cent year-on-year rise in student participation and national and international

collaborations with the likes of DFC, SAP and Microsoft.

Recognising the need to prepare students for an uncertain future, GEMS Modern Academy

introduced a number of technological innovations into its curriculum and practices to include the

region’s first online report card system, developed entirely by students and teachers. The

school also introduced a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programme, as part of which students
from Grade 2 onwards bring their own learning devices.

In 2015-16, after sending teachers to Carnegie Mellon University for training inScience,

Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths(STEAM) and technology integration, the school

incorporated the disciplines into classrooms. Furthermore, after partnering with Harvard Project

Zero, the school developed thinking routines and a multidisciplinary approach towards
innovation, known as the future’s curriculum method, which has been adopted by several other

schools.

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