UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize For The Use Of ICT In Education

The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education, funded and established since 2005 by the Kingdom of Bahrain, rewards individuals, institutions, and Non-Governmental Organizations for projects and activities which demonstrate best practices in, and creative use of, ICTs to enhance learning, teaching and overall educational performance. It is UNESCO’s only prize in the field of ICT in education and seeks to recognize the organizations and individuals that are embracing ICT as a pedagogical ally and, in turn, make learning more effective. While acknowledging the importance of teaching innovations supported or enabled by ICT, it is essential that innovations ensure the security of children and promote the values and attitudes that are relevant to the building of sustainable and peaceful societies.

The theme for the 2015 Prize is Pedagogical Innovation in the Use of ICT in Teaching and Learning. In an effort to enhance learning, ICT is increasingly being used to personalize learning, differentiate instruction, fuel learning in contexts outside of classrooms, share resources, collaborate, streamline assessment and ‘flip’ classrooms.

Who can Enter?

The Prize is awarded to individuals, institutions, other entities or non governmental organizations for excellent models, best practice, and creative use of information andcommunication technologies (ICTs) to enhance learning, teaching and overall educational performance. Presentation of candidatures and submission of nominations Candidatures must be presented by the government of a Member State of UNESCO or aninternational non-governmental organization, maintaining formal consultative relations withUNESCO and active in the relevant fields covered by the Prize. Each government orinternational non-governmental organization is entitled to nominate only three candidates peryear. A self-nomination cannot be considered. 

Selection process 

The two prizewinners shall be selected by the Director-General of UNESCO on the basis of the assessments and recommendations made to him by an international jury. The jury, appointed by the Director-General of UNESCO for a renewable period of two years, shall consist of five independent members, of different nationalities and gender. 

How to Apply

Applications are made by national governments or international non-governmental organizations, maintaining formal consultative relations with UNESCO, which are requested to consider the following steps: 

• widely  inform  all  stakeholders  involved  in  ICT-enhanced  educational activities about the Prize (public/private educational institutions; local newspapers, radio and TV companies; private companies)
• set up a selection committee or panel to screen the candidates
• select the most deserving candidates and work with them to prepare their files for submission to UNESCO. 

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