DUBAI: Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Medical and Educational Sciences has begun accepting nominations for Hamdan-ALECSO Award for Distinguished Educational Research on its website, and will continue until 9th September 2024.
On his part, Professor Dr. Mohamed Ould Amar, Director-General of the Arab League Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ALECSO), said, ‘It is our pleasure to receive nominations for Hamdan-ALECSO Award for Distinguished Educational Research for the years 2024-2025. This award aims to provide an opportunity for educational researchers in the Arab world to present their studies and research, which undoubtedly will be a significant and high-quality addition to the education sector. It will serve as a leading specialised platform for exchanging experiences, exemplary practices, and experiments in the educational field, thereby enriching the scientific arena and achieving many benefits and academic goals that the award was initiated for.’
Dr. Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Se
cretary-General and CEO of Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Medical and Educational Sciences, stated, ‘The foundation continues to accept nominations for Hamdan-ALECSO Award for Distinguished Educational Research, which aims to encourage research activities in the Arab world. Thanks to this initiative, many distinguished educational research studies have been attracted.’
Dr. Al Suwaidi added, ‘The education sector in the Arab world has benefited from the outcomes of these research studies in disseminating knowledge, exchanging successful experiences and practices, highlighting them, and disseminating them to serve educational and academic production. This aligns with the goals of our government and the leadership’s vision, which prioritises the education sector to keep pace with rapid global developments, develop educational institutions, and upgrade them to prepare qualified generations capable of bearing the responsibility of driving development and contributing to the development of societies,
achieving renaissance and prosperity for people through cooperation and coordination with our partners from relevant international, regional, and local institutions.’
Dr. Al Suwaidi further clarified that nominations for the award are available through the foundation’s website, where all information and application requirements are provided.
The award in its previous edition, Hamdan-ALECSO Award for Distinguished Educational Research received submissions from 17 Arab countries, totalling 146 research papers. The number of winning research papers (3 papers) came from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, and the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Source: Emirates News Agency