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UAE’s Nargish Khamba a named Finalist for inaugural
Asia Educa on Medal
08/08/2024
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 a is 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, SAP and
Microso .
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