Education Ministry Opens Nominations to Honor Outstanding Teachers and Schools for 2025/2026

The Ministry stated that Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs, Engineer Hamad Al-Hamad, issued a circular regarding the opening of the nomination window for honors in celebration of World Teachers’ Day and for recognizing outstanding schools, based on Ministerial Decision No. (121) issued on June 23, 2026, concerning the amendment of nomination conditions and criteria for honors. The circular specified the number of nominees at 100 teachers and 50 outstanding schools within the Educational Affairs sector.

It clarified that evaluation criteria and the grading mechanism will be announced through a procedural guide published on the Ministry’s website, detailing the conditions, regulations, and standards governing the nomination and evaluation process, and ensuring transparency of procedures for all applicants.

The Ministry emphasized that the acceptance of nomination applications remains open until November 14 of this year, urging teachers and schools interested in nominating themselves to complete all necessary requirements and documents in accordance with the conditions, regulations, and standards specified in the decision. The Ministry noted that nomination applications will be submitted electronically via the official website of the Ministry of Education through the “Yaa” platform, which is dedicated to nominations for the categories of Outstanding Teacher and Outstanding Schools.

On another note, the Ministry of Education continues to implement the project for applying artificial intelligence tools in collaboration with Google for Education, aiming to enhance the use of modern technologies and AI applications in the educational process, thereby contributing to improving educational practices, developing teachers’ capacities, and fostering innovation and creativity in the school environment. In this context, the Ministry held a coordination meeting yesterday in collaboration with Google, with the Google Educator Group (GEG) team, which specializes in AI tools for the secondary stage. The GEG team comprises a select group of educational experts certified by Google Educator, qualified to train teachers on the use and activation of AI tools, as well as to monitor their implementation across all 177 secondary schools, ensuring the expansion of benefits from these tools and the achievement of the project’s objectives. On her part, Mona Salem, Acting Director of the Technical Guidance Department for Computers and Executive Director of the project, clarified that the meeting was attended by 59 coordinators, department heads, and teachers, representing various academic subjects, educational stages, and educational regions, with the aim of coordinating training efforts and monitoring the activation of AI tools in each school.