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Two trailblazing UAE schools named in Top 10 shortlists

for World’s Best School Prizes 2024

14/06/2024

• Dubai Interna onal Academy Emirates Hills named in Top 10 shortlist for World’s Best

School Prize for Environmental Ac on • GEMS Legacy School named in Top 10 shortlist for
World’s Best School Prize for Suppor ng Health Lives

UAE: June 13, 2024

Two inspira onal UAE schools have been named in the Top 10 shortlists for the World’s Best School Prizes 2024.
The five World’s Best School Prizes, founded by T4 Educa on in collabora on with Accenture, American Express,

and the Lemann Founda on, are the world’s most pres gious educa on prizes. This year’s winners will share a
$50,000 prize fund and will be invited to the World Schools Summit, to be held in Dubai on November 23-24, 2024.

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
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