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GESS Education Awards announced the winners of this year’s edition of the prestigious international education recognition programme.

UAE leads all winners with 10 awards, followed by the UK with 3. South Korea and the USA were next with two awards apiece. The rest of the winners came from Hungary, Finland, Norway, Canada, Kuwait and Colombia.

Education professionals and suppliers from around the world entered to compete in the highly sought-after awards, with hundreds of submissions coming from 50 different countries.

“We are delighted to have such a diverse pool of nominees coming from different parts of the globe, and the submissions were of such high calibre our judging panel found it difficult to determine the winner. In some categories, it was so close, we eventually had co-winners. Congratulations to all who won as well to those who participated. Your work, in the case of our education professionals; and your products, for our corporate suppliers, continue to make a difference in raising quality education standards in schools throughout the world,” said Matt Thompson, Project Director, Tarsus organisers of the GESS Education Awards.

The 2021 GESS Education Awards winners include:

Awards for Suppliers/Distributors  Awards for Teachers, Schools and Educational Professionals  
Best CSR Programme for Education   Best Digital / VR / AI Product   Best Free App / Software Product   Best Paid for App / Software Product   Best Product to Promote Arts, Music and Drama in the Classroom       Best Product to Promote Health, Fitness and Sports in the Classroom   Best Sustainable / Eco-Friendly Product   Innovation Product Awards – Digital / Coding / Software   Innovation Products Awards – Equipment / Hardware / non-ICT   Early Years Resource / Equipment Supplier of the Year   Primary Resource / Equipment Supplier of the Year (in association with Education UAE Magazine)   Secondary and Higher Education Resource / Equipment Supplier of the Year   SEN Resource / Equipment Supplier of the Year   Start-Up Company of the Year  Ambassador for the Environment   Best Initiative for Inclusion and Wellbeing (in association with Skanda)   Best Use of Digital Learning in the Classroom   Best use of STEAM Learning in the Classroom (in association with EZ-Robot)     Community Award for Citizenship   Innovation in Education Award   Outstanding Contribution in Education Award   Judges Commendation Award – Teachers, Schools and Educational Professionals   Judges Commendation Award – Suppliers   Inspiring Initiative During the Pandemic  – Teachers, Schools and Educational Professionals   Inspiring Initiative During the Pandemic  – Supplier   Mark Duncan Award for Educational Influencer of the Year