Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) honored 368 best achieving students and 79 chaperons at Student Honors Ceremony for 2011. Honored students are those who participated in ADEC’s training and scholarship programs and demonstrated exceptional performance both at personal and academic levels.
Mr. Salem Al Sayari, ADEC’s Executive Director of Support Services, said that ADEC is keen to organize this annual event for supporting and encouraging talented students to reach their optimal potential. “We honored chaperons for their extensive efforts, sincere devotion and acting as a link between ADEC and students during programs,” he added.
“By implementing its 10-year strategic plan, ADEC seeks to improve student skills in line with the highest international levels,” Al Sayari emphasized.
Al Sayari pointed out that ADEC seeks to introduce students to other cultures by providing them with training opportunities abroad and recruiting the best international staff members to work in the emirate. This will help develop student academic experience and skills and improve their self-confidence, independence and ability to adapt to other cultures.
During the ceremony, distinguished students and chaperons of the training and scholarship programs co-organized by ADEC and public & private sectors, were honored and awarded certificates in the presence of host countries’ ambassadors, educators and parents. These programs include the Summer Abroad Program, which is a generous grant from H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahayan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Chairman of ADEC, Mitsubishi Summer Camp in Japan, Summer Internship Program at Pembroke College, Al Nokhba Summer Internship in Germany, Lycee Louis Le Grand Pilot Programme in Mathematics and Science.
