Qatar's Education Minister: Education Excellence Award Has Become State-Sponsored National Project

Doha, March 02 (QNA) - HE Minister of Education and Higher Education Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi expressed sincere thanks, appreciation, and great gratitude to HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani for his honor and continuous support of the Education Excellence Award since its inception 15 years ago, which indicates His Highness' interest and keenness to encourage and honor the scientifically distinguished, and an expression of His Highness' belief that Qatar's real wealth lies in its human wealth, represented by the distinguished elite of honorees in all categories of the award, especially as everyone lives in a changing and competitive world. Speaking at the 15th Education Excellence Day Award ceremony on Wednesday, HE the Education Minister said that this award has become a national project, sponsored and supported by the state, not only because it reflects the country's investment in the Qatari person, but because it is one of the effective means of discovering talents and building the national scientific capabilities, which will enhance the human and knowledge capital to build the aspired knowledge society. HE Minister of Education and Higher Education noted that the Education Excellence Award reflects the high-quality level of Qatar's educational outputs at all levels of study, which contributes to helping the outstanding winners to achieve the standard specifications and conditions for excellence, which are high-level standards, including academic level, personal characteristics, self-development, societal contributions, effective educational leadership, and planning skills, in addition to possessing scientific visions as a basic requirement to keep pace with the challenges of the 21st century. She stated that the path to excellence is taken by the rare elite that deserves appreciation, noting that the honorees whose scientific excellence is celebrated today by the nation, will achieve further excellence in the future by dedicating themselves to a journey of science and work. HE Education Minister expressed her thanks to the excellence partners and sponsors, especially parents, teaching and administrative bodies in kindergartens, schools, and universities, for creating an environment that incubates excellence. Also, she thanked the ambassadors of excellence for their cooperation and support, as well as those in charge of the award for making this celebration distinct. On behalf of the honorees, Maryam Nasser Al Muftah, the winner of the Education Excellence Award in the university student category, gave a speech praising the patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to the Education Excellence Award since its first launch, until it became a goal sought by the people of the country, which is confirmed by the increase in the number of distinguished students year after year. She noted that the distinguished honorees are ambassadors for their countries and educational institutions wherever they go because they are qualified to achieve achievements and gains, stressing that the convoy of excellence will continue without stopping for the better to reach the desired goals. The Education Excellence Award aims to recognize, honor, and celebrate the distinguished students of the State of Qatar, deepen the concepts of excellence and encourage all individuals and educational institutions to develop performance, promote positive trends towards knowledge and scientific research, and spread the spirit of innovation and competition among students, researchers and educational institutions, as well as between individuals and educational institutions in the field of scientific excellence. The award includes nine categories: the Education Excellence Award for primary school students, the preparatory stage, the secondary certificate, university graduates, master's holders, PhD holders, the distinguished teacher, the distinguished school, and the distinguished scientific research award. During its 15-year journey, the number of distinguished honorees of the Education Excellence Award has reached about 800 individuals and institutions of various categories. (QNA)