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Ahmad Belhoul Al-Falasi: Our Wise Leadership Celebrates Accomplishments, Contributions of Educational Staff to Build Future Generations

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The Mohamed Bin Zayed (MBZ) Award for the “Best Teacher” has finalized the training program provided for the distinguished teachers in the Republic of Finland, who have taken part in the award’s previous edition. The Award had provided them with a specialized training to develop their skills and enhance their job performance in the areas of science, mathematics, early childhood, programming, robotics, education technologies, and modern learning methods.


The training program falls within the future vision of the Award, which is to enhance the contents and practices that contribute to the consolidation of the characteristics of the distinguished teachers working in the countries participating in the Award. To achieve this, the teachers who had remarkable participations in the Award had been offered specialized training to enhances their abilities, skills, and outputs.


A group of leading teachers has been chosen to attend the training program and specialized workshops and visit various leading educational facilities in the Republic of Finland. This aims to develop their skills, enhance their job performance, and highlight their talents and abilities for innovation and creativity, to employ them in the classrooms. This will eventually achieve the Award’s objectives and vision of having sustainable education, in which the teacher is the most important link.


The two-week program aimed to achieve a set of educational goals, namely to familiarize the participants with the educational principles used in the Finnish educational system that stimulate critical thinking and research skills among students, early childhood education, mathematics education, and the uses of various technological solutions in education, including programming and robotics.


The program, which included many teachers from different participating countries, had also provided them with international knowledge and experiences, as a result of exchanging experiences of the education systems in their countries during the workshops, as well as learning about the latest methodologies and technologies that kept pace with the rapid changes in the 21st century.


The program also included several official and professional visits to the National Agency for Education, schools, educational institutions, and public libraries. The program also helped the participants learn about the theoretical and practical aspects related to the methodology of teaching small groups, by facilitating the participation of groups of students in activities and focusing on the use of research skills and problem-solving methods, to create a supportive environment for students’ active learning.


His Excellency Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al-Falasi, Minister of Education, General Supervisor of the Award, stressed that the wise leadership was keen, under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, may Allah Preserve him, on celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of educational cadres. He added that the wise leadership also sought to highlight their relentless efforts to bring up future generations and prepare them at the scientific and cognitive levels, according to the highest global standards.


H.E. said that the award enhanced the enrichment of the educational process in all areas and established a comprehensive educational renaissance to motivate teachers, spread the culture of excellence among educational cadres, and raise their skills. He added that the educational cadres were role models and delivered a noble message, to consolidate the advanced educational system that would supply the labor market with human cadres capable of achieving comprehensive, sustainable development of the country.


H.E. Al-Falasi explained that the MoE was keen on upgrading the educational sector, elevating its outcomes, and dedicating the culture of competitiveness, excellence, and innovation among the elements of the educational system, according to the best practices. He added that the teaching cadres are the basis for sustainable development and upbringing of generations according to the best educational standards. He said that he was proud of their pivotal role in building minds, refining souls, and preparing future generations.


His Excellency Mohammed Al-Nuaimi, Member of the Higher Committee, said that the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan opened wide horizons for teachers from all the countries participating in the Award to achieve creativity and excellence, present the best, most important innovative and creative educational initiatives and practices, and develop a culture of knowledge competition. He added that this would enhance their pivotal role in qualifying the future generations. He expressed his appreciation and gratitude for the unlimited support provided by His Highness to education and teachers to enhance the quality of education and achieve national accomplishments in various fields.


H.E. explained that the Award had established its distinguished position on the regional and Arab arenas, thanks to its vision, educational and motivational standards, and sustainable goals. He added that it had a positive and tangible impact on creating a momentum among teachers from the various participating countries. He said that teachers were role models for students because of the noble message they delivered and the educational values they established, which enhanced their empowerment and development of their future skills. He pointed out that the award established the leading position of the UAE as a country that adopted scientific and knowledge development, triggered inspiring initiatives, applied the best plans and methodologies, and foresaw the future.


For his part, Dr Hamad Al-Darmaki, Secretary-General of the Award, thanked His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for his massive, limitless support for education and teachers. He explained that the Award was launched in 2017 in response to His Highness’s directives to identify standards that kept pace with the requirements of the teachers and global teachers in the 21st century. He added that the Award motivated and celebrated teachers and gained a prestigious, elevated position at the Arab and global levels, especially since education represented a cornerstone of achieve the objectives of the UAE in the next 50 years and enhance its leadership and global competitiveness, in line with national and future strategies.


He added that the Award programs included dispatching the best participants from all the participating countries to learn from the best training and educational practices in various countries of the world. He added that a training program was prepared in cooperation with the University of Helsinki in the Republic of Finland, comprised of various knowledge and skills, including software and cognitive skills, behavioral skills, and mathematical skills and international tests. He said that they had also learned about the leadership skills that a teacher must possess. He pointed out that several different visits were arranged, including a visit to a school in the capital, Helsinki, in addition to visits to museums and research centers.

For their part, a number of teachers and coordinators taking part in the training program in Finland expressed their appreciation and gratitude for His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for his leading initiative that supported them. They also valued His Highness’s keenness on appreciating their educational role and motivating them to achieve more excellence while performing their role of building their students’ capacities and bringing up future generations. They said that the concept of the Award was unprecedented and that it had a well-established significance and objectives, which would achieve His Highness’s directives of supporting teachers, who constituted an important link in the educational process.


Mohammad Al-Sarhan, the award’s coordinator in Jordan, stressed that learning about the Finnish experience, which ranked as one of the best educational systems in the world, would refine the participants’ experience, allow them to learn from this pioneering experience in education, and employ it in the educational environment to enhance learning outcomes and benefit the students in particular.


Ahmed Hussein Al-Malki, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the winner of the Award’s third edition in 2020, explained that the training trip in Finland confirmed His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s keenness on consolidating the position of teachers and their great role, by providing them with all the required enablers that would enhance their abilities. He added that the visit was an important opportunity to learn about the best international practices in Finnish education, in addition to scientific visits and specialized workshops.


Khadija Rashid Al-Tunaiji described the Finland trip as achieving many positive aspects that reflected the objectives of the Award, in addition to other outputs that would have an effective role in the educational process in the country's schools. She thanked all those who contributed to the success of the visit, which gave the participants the opportunity to learn about the best practices in education and various educational axes to upgrade their expertise and refine their skills.

9/7/2022

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