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Dubai Sports Council sets out the axes of the "Hamdan bin Mohammed Medal for Schools" award

Schools are preparing to compete for the "Hamdan bin Mohammed Medal for Sports Education Schools".

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The Dubai Sports Council has announced the completion of the development of the axes and criteria for the "Hamdan bin Mohammed Medal for Sports Education Schools", which will be applied during the 2022-2023 academic year.

The Dubai Sports Council said, in a statement, that nominations will be opened on January 1, 2023 until February 10, and that the public and private schools that won the medal will be announced at the conclusion of the evaluation stages approved by the Council on June 20 of the same year.

The Dubai Sports Council launched the "Hamdan bin Mohammed Medal for Sports Education Schools" to develop sports and within the initiatives of the Sports Innovation Lab, which was organized by the Dubai Sports Council in 2016 in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, with the aim of foreseeing and developing Dubai’s strategy for the future of sports with the participation of experts and specialists in various fields and representatives of all segments of society.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, also approved the goals, mechanisms and elements of the Medal. His Highness honored the school that won the first session of the Medal, the Dubai English Speaking College, and met the winning students and faculty, and congratulated them on their achievement. And motivate them to do more academic and sports excellence in the future.

The statement of the Dubai Council stressed that the Medal initiative contributes to motivating and encouraging public and private schools in the Emirate of Dubai, to achieve the best degrees of excellence in educational and sports work, and to support their efforts for achievement and development, in a way that ensures the achievement of the best educational and sports results and their effective contribution to making sports a lifestyle for the community. The medal aims to improve the health, vitality and activity of school students, spread the culture of teamwork, promote healthy behaviors in the school community, create a healthy and safe school environment, develop sports services in educational schools, create an appropriate environment for talented and promising young athletes, and motivate them to compete in fair sports. .

The Dubai Sports Council revealed that the medal is intended for sports educational schools, which are schools that constantly seek to improve and develop their sports capabilities, by providing an appropriate environment for acquiring and developing skills, and meeting the needs of students for sports physical activity through the application of sports curricula and programs, and working to qualify them to play an effective role in Enhancing the health of students, and creating the appropriate atmosphere for practicing and fair sports competition among young and talented people. The competition for the medal is available to all public and private schools in the Emirate of Dubai that have a very good or excellent grade, according to the evaluation criteria of the Ministry of Education and the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai.

The assessment axes vary according to four main axes: infrastructure, sustainable health, sports practice, and the efficiency and effectiveness of school administration, as each of them includes detailed criteria according to which the assessment process is carried out by an international expert house specialized in this field.

The statement indicated that the Dubai Sports Council is keen to support and continue organizing the award of the Medal as an initiative for the future of the country, as the Medal and its association with the name of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and the world sports champion, represents a great incentive for schools to sponsor activities Providing the appropriate facilities and raising awareness of the importance of sports, which gives its students health, vitality and activity, and gives them happiness and enthusiasm for life. It also gives talented people the opportunity to practice their favorite sport, excel in it and progress in it, to represent the country in sports forums.

The second version of the initiative witnesses the addition of new standards regarding the impact of crises and disasters on sports activities and the efforts of schools in dealing with any exceptional circumstances and business continuity, as well as the efforts of schools with regard to innovation and the use of modern technologies in sports activities, and the efforts of schools with regard to some national initiatives And the universality that has a great impact on sports, namely: tolerance, peace and sports, as the sportsmanship is the other face of tolerance and includes many overlapping values ​​and principles, including justice, respect, commitment to fair play, and classy behavior in the event of victory or defeat, as well as the rejection of intolerance and sports from During the role of schools in educating students about the importance of morality, and avoiding fanaticism that contradicts the ethics of higher sports. 

The second edition witnesses the addition of new standards regarding the impact of crises and disasters on sports activities.

Nominations open from January 1 to February 10.

Announcing the two winning schools of the medal on June 20, 2023.

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