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Two trailblazing UAE schools named in Top 10 shortlists for World’s Best School Prizes 2024 | UAE News 24/7
Dubai Interna onal Academy Emirates Hills, an independent
kindergarten through secondary school in Dubai, UAE, which empowers
students with programmes like personalised learning pathways and
project-based learning, driving community change through culturally
responsive educa on and sustainability projects, has been named in the
Top 10 shortlist for the World’s Best School Prize for Environmental
Ac on.

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
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