'Arab Reading Challenge embodies UAE's vision'

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, expressed his pride in the 810,000 students from UAE schools who participated in the 9th edition of the Arab Reading Challenge.

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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid congratulated Reem Adel Ahmed Al Zarouni, from Al Ittihad National Private School in Abu Dhabi, for winning the UAE-level Arab Reading Challenge champion title, commending her outstanding achievement and wishing her continued success.

Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of Education, honoured the rest of the top ten students who won the UAE-level final round of qualifiers, while Mohammed Al Qasim, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education, honoured the national coordinator for the Arab Reading Challenge, as well as winners of UAE-level Outstanding Supervisor and Best School awards.

The crowning of Reem Al Zarouni, a seventh-grader at Al Ittihad National Private School-Abu Dhabi-Khalifa A, as the UAE champion of the 9th Arab Reading Challenge followed country-level qualifiers that attracted over 810,000 students representing 1,380 schools and mentored by over 2,005 supervisors.

Zahra Hamad Ibrahim from Dubai received the Outstanding Supervisor award, and Atika Bint Zaid School - Cycle I (Sharjah) won the Best School Award.