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Deloitte assists Gems in $545m debt facilityDeloitte Corporate Finance has acted as financial advisers to Gems Education on raising a Dh2 billion ($545 million) senior debt facility as part of the company’s continuing investment in the education sector. Gems Education More… |
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GEMS Education raises $545m loan for expansionGEMS Education, a UAE-based education company, has raised a 2 billion dirham ($545 million) loan from local banks for new investments in schools in the region and for refinancing, a company statement said on Sunday. The loan, whic More… |
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Gems, Aruba team up for Wi-Fi initiativeGems Education, an international K-12 education company based in Dubai, has teamed up with Aruba Networks, to install a wireless network solution across all their schools in order to implement a BYOD (bring your own device) initiative. More… |
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Varkey Gems supports Sewa DayVarkey Gems Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Gems Education, has supported Sewa Day, a globally recognised initiative encouraging thousands of people to come together with an aim of supporting their local community. This is do More… |
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Future schools to focus on Blended LearningThe schools of the future will be vastly different in 2020 with more focus on ‘Blended Learning,’ according to experts at the annual Global Management Conference held in Dubai. Blended Learning combines traditional face-to-f More… |
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Unesco to nominate new Goodwill AmbassadorUnesco director-general Irina Bokova will nominate philanthropist, educator and entrepreneur, Sunny Varkey, as a Goodwill Ambassador for Education Partnerships today (April 26). A special ceremony will be held to mark the occasion a More… |
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GEMS students win excellence awardsTen students and a teacher from GEMS Education, which has a global network of schools, have been honoured with Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for distinguished academic performance. With only 74 awards in the student category, t More… |
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NBAD launches first education credit cardNational Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) said it has joined hands with global payments and technology company MasterCard and Dubai-based GEMS Education network to launch its first education credit card. The card is co-branded with GEMS Education, More… |
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Gems to use AuthorExpert in schoolsGems Education will implement AuthorExpert, a content authoring tool from ITWorx, across its schools in UAE. The tool allows teachers to create rich, interactive online lessons with minimum cost and time, and virtually no learning curve. More… |
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GEMS schools launch e-waste collection driveGEMS Education has launched an e-waste collection campaign in 16 of its schools to mark World Environment Day. GEMS has partnered with Dubai based company, Enviroserve. Each of the participating schools collected hundreds of used e More… |
