The Hamdan Bin Rashid Award for Distinguished Academic Performance is celebrating its 15th annual ceremony at Dubai Exhibition and Convention Centre. The event will be held on the 24th of April 2013, where all winners from different categories of the educational field will be honored by H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler and UAE Minister of Finance and Patron of the Award. The Hamdan Bin Rashid Award will also present Distinctive Personality of the Year Award in the field of education.

The Hamdan Award aims to improve the quality of the educational system, support all pre-higher education learners and upgrade their level of performance so it reflects the outcome of learning in a positive manner. It also offers support to student initiatives and creations to help generate employable practices that disseminate a higher quality across the region.

The Hamdan Award seeks, through Hamdan UNESCO, to award all outstanding practices and efforts that lead to progress in learners’ performances, to encourage and help individuals who work in the educational field and to accomplish UNESCO’s educational goals.

The Hamdan Award will bring together Senior Officials and members from Governmental departments and institutions (Federal and Local), students from General Education and High Education, senior officials from educational organizations (regional and international) as well as other Official Delegations.

An Educational gallery will accompany the 15th ceremony of The Hamdan Bin Rashid Award for Distinguished Academic Performance.