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Two Trailblazing UAE Schools Named In Top 10 Shortlists For World's Best School Prizes 2024

GEMS Legacy School, an independent school in Dubai, UAE, which is a pioneer in comprehensive
wellness in educa on, impac ng over 6,285 students with ini a ves like school-wide fruit breaks and

sleep hygiene workshops, promo ng holis c wellbeing and sustainable lifestyle choices, has been
named in the Top 10 shortlist for the World's Best School Prize for Suppor ng Health Lives.

The five World's Best School Prizes - for Community Collabora on, Environmental Ac on, Innova on,

Overcoming Adversity, and Suppor ng Healthy Lives – were established in the wake of COVID in 2022 to
give a pla orm to schools that are changing lives in their classrooms and far beyond their walls, sharing
their best prac ces to help improve educa on everywhere.

The winners of the five Prizes will be chosen by an expert Judging Academy based on rigorous criteria.

In addi on, all 50 shortlisted schools across the five Prizes will also take part in a Public Vote, which
opened today. The school which receives the most public votes will receive the Community Choice

Award and membership to T4 Educa on's Best School to Work programme to help them support
teacher wellbeing and solve the teacher recruitment and reten on crisis.

Vikas Pota, Founder of T4 Educa on and the World's Best School Prizes, said:

“Unless we solve the urgent challenges global educa on faces – from learning gaps exacerbated by
COVID to chronic underfunding and the growing teacher wellbeing, recruitment and reten on crisis –

we will have failed the next genera on.

“Trailblazing UAE schools like Dubai Interna onal Academy Emirates Hills and GEMS Legacy School,

which have cul vated a strong culture and aren't afraid to innovate, show the difference that can be
made to so many lives. Schools everywhere can now learn from their solu ons, and it's me

governments do so as well.”

Jill Huntley, Managing Director – Global Corporate Ci zenship, at Accenture, said:

“Congratula ons to Dubai Interna onal Academy Emirates Hills in the UAE on being named among the
Top 10 finalists for the World's Best School Prize for Environmental Ac on 2024. Your vital work brings
hope that solu ons can be found to some of the greatest challenges we face today. Through the

pla orm of the World's Best School Prizes, your solu ons will now inspire countless others across the
globe from the classrooms to the administra on.

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