About the Awards
The Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) aspires to nurture a world-class education system in Abu Dhabi.
We strive to ensure that every student, regardless of their background and learning needs, is empowered to realize their fullest potential and become a successful global citizen, positively impacting and shaping the world around them.
These Awards will celebrate the outstanding people and programs across our education system, along with outstanding accomplishments in key international and standardized assessments, acknowledging the critical role of education and learning in achieving sustainable development and Abu Dhabi’s aspirations.
Recognizing the Best of Education
Early Education Awards
Best Parental Engagement Award for Early Education Institutions
About the Award
Parents play a vital role in the success of their children, and along with educators and a wider support system, they create the nurturing and supportive environment required for schildren to thrive and fulfill their highest potential.
Parental support influences children’s levels of confidence and motivation and plays a huge role in their interest in the early education institution and their pursuit of goals. Children raised with positive parental engagement and stability are likely to perform better academically than those who do not. They also have greater self-esteem and are less likely to experience wellbeing challenges.
Has your early education institution redefined parental engagement in ways that catalyzed a positive change and inspired and equipped parents in your early education institution community to be more engaged? If so, we want to hear from you.
Prize
AED 100,000
Cash prize to be spent towards early education institution improvement initiatives.
Participation
Eligibility
All nurseries in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Submission Requirements
Your submission must include the following:
Overview of your early education institution’s parental engagement strategy and objectives, including names and designations of team members implementing and managing the program (max 150 words).
Highlight key parental engagement challenges and your early education institution’s initiatives to address them (max 250 words).
Qualitative and/or quantitative data, which demonstrates progress and success metrics achieved to date (max 250 words).
Up to five photographs and/or one video including stakeholder testimonials (not exceeding 3 minutes) to support your application. Your video will be a chance to explain your parental engagement program in a visual and authentic way and promote it as well as your early education institution to an Emirate-wide audience.
School Award
Standardized Assessment Award
Standardized benchmark assessments are particularly important for Abu Dhabi because they evaluate skills that are foundational to every student’s education, their ability to engage with science and technology, and their future competitiveness in the global workforce. These assessments take place every year based on curriculum type.
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Application
Shortlisting
Validation
Award Ceremony
Frequently Asked Questions
All public, private and Charter Schools in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi can apply. Depending on the category, the award will apply to the school as a whole, a specific program offered within the school or an individual school staff member. Additionally, Early Education Institutions (EEIs) can now apply to the awards. The second edition of ADEK Awards now include 3 new categories for EEIs.
No. Applying for awards is free of charge.
Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners. Please visit the awards page on this website for more information.
For school-wide, nursery-wide, or program-based awards, the cash prize will go towards improvements at the school and nurseries. For individual awards, the winner will receive the cash prize directly.
Yes. A school, individual or program can nominate itself for any of the awards except for the Standardized Benchmark Assessment Awards.
Schools and nurseries can choose to apply for all the awards.
Video submissions are mandatory for most awards. Please visit awards page on the website for more information.The jury will consider the quality of each application.
Yes, you can now save draft and continue later.
No. A school and nursery can only nominate an individual for one award each year.
ADEK Awards ceremony details will be announced on a latter date in due course.
Yes. Individuals and programs can receive nominations over multiple years.
For any queries regarding ADEK Awards, please contact adek.awards@adek.gov.ae or call 02 615 0125.
