Intel announces results of Intel Teach Program

The competition, open to all Egyptian teachers that participated in the Intel Teach Program, involved teachers submitting projects which effectively incorporated the use of technology and modern teaching methods to improve education in Egypt.

"We have observed the great impact of Intel's education initiatives in Egypt. As education is the key to propel our youth to the next level of global competitiveness, we actively supported Intel's competition to award educators that actively and effectively integrated technology and project-based learning into their classrooms, in order to ensure the effective implementation of technology usage by our teachers in our classrooms."

Dr Khaled Elamrawi, Intel General Manager Egypt, Levant and North Africa, explained that the education competition incorporated six different categories and prizes; Best Educational Project, Best IT-Ready Directorate, Best IT-Ready School, Best IT-Ready Trainer, Best IT-Ready Inspector, and Best IT-Ready Workshop.

"Incorporating technology into education is crucial in today's era driven by innovation. To date, Intel has invested $1bn to improve education and has trained more than 4m teachers globally and 500,000 regionally," commented Dr Elamrawi.

"Through the Intel World Ahead Program, Intel is actively involved in today's education in order to help students become tomorrow's leaders. Intel will continue to collaborate with educators and the government of Egypt to advance the global competitiveness of Egyptian youth. We thank His Excellency Dr. Yousri El-Gamal and the Ministry of Education, as well as Dr. Salah Amin Elewa, director of the Technology Development Center, for their ongoing support and supervision throughout the competition."

"Of the 69 competing schools, there were 117 educational projects which far exceeded our expectations," added Dr Elamrawi.

The submissions were evaluated over two phases; the first being the evaluation of the projects, data assessment and interviews; and the second involved visits to the winning schools to observe the projects being implemented within the classrooms.

This all involved 57 trainers, 53 inspectors, 21 workshops and 15 IT-Ready directorates. The arbitration panel comprised of 18 members, including education advisors and experts from the Technology Development Centre, as well as six subject advisors of Arabic, English, Social Studies, Philosophy, Science, and Mathematics.