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12/8/25, 11:06 AM Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation And ALECSO Announce Winners Of Hamdanalecso Award For Distinguished Educati…
His Excellency Professor Mohamed Ould Amar added:“The longstanding
partnership between ALECSO and Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation
for Medical and Educational Sciences embodies a shared commitment to
supporting educational research and directing it toward priority issues within Arab
education systems, thereby advancing human capital development and raising
the overall quality of education. We congratulate the winners on this well-
deserved scientific achievement and reaffirm our continued collaboration with the

Foundation to deepen the award's impact, broaden the community of benefiting
researchers, and foster an Arab research environment that keeps pace with
global transformations and contributes to shaping a more innovative and effective
educational future.”

Commenting on the results of Hamdan–ALECSO Award for Digital Innovations in
Education, His Excellency Professor Mohamed Ould Amar added:“The launch of
Hamdan–ALECSO Award for Digital Innovations in Education represents a
strategic step and a significant turning point in the development of education
across the Arab world. The award strengthens the regional shift toward supporting
innovative digital solutions and adopting advanced technologies-such as artificial
intelligence, augmented reality, and data analytics-to enhance teaching and

learning processes. Since the launch of its inaugural cycle in March of this year,
the award has played an essential role in reinforcing digital transformation within
Arab education systems, empowering teachers, students, and researchers to
design initiatives capable of building more efficient and sustainable learning
environments that keep pace with global developments.”

Following a rigorous evaluation process based on stringent scientific criteria, two
research papers were selected as winners in this year's cycle. The first,
titled“Concurrent and Longitudinal Predictions of Mathematics Anxiety, Science
Anxiety, and Enrollment in the Scientific Track in Secondary Education,” was
authored by Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Hamed Majriya and Prof. Dr. Ahmed

Abdulrahman Al Emadi. The second winning study, authored by Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Magda El-Sayed Ali Bathish Al-Kushki, is titled“The Inflation of Illusory
Competence as a Mediating Variable in the Relationship Between Cognitive
Reliance on Generative Artificial Intelligence and Distortion of Intellectual Identity
Among Graduate Students.” The winning research papers demonstrated strong
scientific rigor, clear relevance to contemporary educational issues, and a notable

capacity to contribute to the development of educational policies and the
enhancement of learning practices across Arab countries.

The 2025 Hamdan–ALECSO Award for Digital Innovations in Education also
witnessed strong regional participation, with 77 digital innovations from 11 Arab
countries, reflecting the diversity of digital initiatives and the growing adoption of

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