Ta’allum Education staff during the 5th annual ‘Rewards and Recognition’ ceremony at Katara.
Ta’allum Education staff attended the 5th annual ‘Rewards and Recognition’ ceremony in the auspicious surroundings of the Shakespeare Room at Katara recently.
Some 240 Awards were distributed to staff from the audience of nearly 700 attendees. Award winners had demonstrated excellence in a variety of fields during the academic year 2018-19.
This particular evening took on special significance because during the Academic year all 3 Ta’allum Academies were fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Commission, demonstrating rising standards and cementing their reputation as the ‘schools of choice’ for the Qatari community.
Guests of Honour at the event included Ta’allum Group Chairman, Ghanim-Bin-Saad-Al-Saad, CEO Ahmed Al Mannai, Director of Education, Dr Mohammed Saefan and Executive Director of Tarbeya, Dr Shawkat Talha Talafha.
There were moments of formality when the CEO, Al Mannai thanked staff and expressed his pride at Ta’allum’s achievements of the past year and Dr. Saefan congratulated all concerned for the hard work leading to WASC accreditation. Throughout the evening there was also a sense of fun and entertainment.
The ceremony opened in most unusual fashion with a humorous, ‘spoof’ action adventure movie showing Shuja Uddin, AMAB Principal clinging to his Ta’allum School of Excellence Award trophy from 2018 before a dramatic car chase and various skirmishes resulted in its rightful return to this year’s ceremony. Staff also sang the now familiar Ta’allum song with gusto and the 48 nationalities of staff represented in the Ta’allum Group were honoured.
Long serving ‘stalwart’ staff clocking up 10 or 15 years’ service received awards for their loyalty. Pride of place must go to Hana Al Mahi and Evangelique Adriano with a marvellous 16 years of service each.
Teachers whose classes had achieved 100% pass rates in IGCSE and AS exams received awards. Six Ta’allum students had received notification from the Edexcel Board that their IGCSE results were the highest of any student in Qatar and 2 others, Raghad Ibrahim of AJA and Al Dana Al Abdulla of AMAG were awarded the highest marks in the Middle East for Chemistry and Psychology respectively.
Staff of the Best Performing classes in EYFS, Primary and Secondary all received awards. The climax of the evening featured the award of Ta’allum’s Best Performing School. The ceremonial flag for the Best Performing It was a nail biting conclusion.
