Sharjah Award for Educational Excellence launches Al Jawhara Award

SHARJAH, The Sharjah Award for Educational Excellence, affiliated to the Sharjah Education Council, launched the Al Jawhara Award at a ceremony to launch its new strategy on the start of the twenty-eighth edition.

The ceremony expressed the new vision of the Sharjah Award for Educational Excellence, as the first educational award at the state level, and its launch under the generous patronage of H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, with new developments, standards and categories, each with its own distinctive features.

The new strategy for the award, which the Sharjah Educational Excellence Award sought to work with, included the development of all categories to be centered on three main categories: (the category of distinguished individuals) and the category (distinguished institutions) and the category that was created for this edition within a well-studied strategy, which is (the category of distinguished work teams).

Dr. Saeed Musabah Al Kaabi, Chairman of the Sharjah Education Council, revealed the launch of Sharjah Award for Educational Excellence with an exceptional and new award, “Al Jawhara Award”, which is to reward distinguished people who have done exceptional work.

The name of this award is in appreciation and honour of the unlimited giving of H.H. Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, and Her Highness’s great role towards culture and knowledge, along with Her Highness’s continuous and sincere efforts in science and education.

The ceremony highlighted twenty-eight years, during which the award evolved year after year and was characterised by the victory of many distinguished and many outstanding people, all of whom left an imprint and were role models for others in the path of excellence.

The award continues its distinguished process to achieve its lofty goal in spreading the culture of excellence and creativity in the educational field in its various areas.

Source: Emirates News Agency

UAE announces 246 new COVID-19 cases, 398 recoveries, no death in last 24 hours

ABU DHABI, The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 263,717additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment.

In a statement, the Ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. As part of its intensified testing campaign, MoHAP announced 246 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the UAE to 895,264.

According to the Ministry, the infected individuals are from various nationalities, are in a stable condition, and receiving the necessary care.

The Ministry added that no COVID-19-related deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours, leaving the death toll unchanged at 2,302.

MoHAP also noted that an additional 398 individuals had fully recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recoveries to 876,893.

Source: Emirates News Agency