4 GEMS Education students feted at ceremony

SHARJAH: On the 19th of June 2021, Creative Technology Solutions (CTS) and Microsot hosted an award-winning ceremony, celebrating the creative and impacful work of GEMS Education students in Minecrat, and recognising 4 of its best achievers.

Minecrat: Education Edition competition project was initiated by Microsot and executed by CTS as a partner, whereby students at GEMS schools, which runs over 40 schools cross the UAE, can use Minecrat to design their own sustainable home, as an act of raising awareness among the students and teachers on the interactivity and the independence in learning students can accomplish.

The competition was launched a week before Ramadan 2021, reaping a considerable enthusiasm of the schools’ senior management leaders, teachers and especially students. GEMS Education is one of the world’s largest K-12 private education providers with a 62-year legacy ater launching in the UAE.

The competition witnessed more than 750 student participants, designing efficient homes respecting resources, optimising energy and water use, applying low impact yet high in performance materials.

Students submited their artwork within a 5 week-time, and 4 winners were selected by an experienced jury.

The award-winning ceremony took place at Bonnington Jumeirah Lakes Towers Hotel.

Creative technology solutions, represented by its Director Haissam Issa, opened the ceremony with a cheer to the champions on their achievements and well-deserved award, followed by Microsot, represented by its Education Marketing Manager Sara El Dallal, with a speech highlighting the facts behind initiating this competition amongst them to induce the creative challenging mindset the new generation carries.

Recently, Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the family development found at ion(fdf ), congratulated the high school graduates, and the top students in both the science and humanities streams, following the announcement of their results for the academic year 2020-2021.

She wished them success in their future educational journey.