Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, hailed teachers on International Teachers’ Day.

“Without them, we would not have written the letters of our lives.. Without them, our countries would not have advanced in science,”Sheikh Mohammed tweeted on Wednesday.

“Without them, our generations would not have known good from evil and right from wrong.. Thank you to all the teachers.. Thank you to the owners of the noblest message and the greatest national mission,” Sheikh Mohammed tweeted further.

Sheikh Mohammed also directed the Emirates Foundation for School Education to form a council for teachers and a council for school leaders to involve them in the decision-making process in the field of education and education.

Meanwhile, Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Education, has affirmed that the UAE, under the directives of the wise leadership, pays great attention to teachers and is keen to empower them with technology, knowledge and digital skills, to lead the future of sustainable education and enhance the country's leadership and glob competitiveness.

On World teacher's Day, which falls on 5th October each year, Minister Al Falasi said that the country's outstanding support to the education sector is based on President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan's message, "teachers are a national treasure. They carry a noble message. We are proud of their pivotal role in building minds and refining spirits."

Al Falasi said that the celebration of this occasion embodies a great value for the educational field. "We look at the role of the teacher with all appreciation, reverence and respect, and we appreciate his sincere educational efforts as a symbol of loyalty and giving, a teacher of generations, a builder of nations' civilisations, and the initiator of renaissance and progress in societies."

He explained that "Mohamed bin Zayed Award for Best teacher" is one of the pioneering initiatives launched by the UAE, which sheds light on the teacher, and devotes best practices to support him cognitively and digitally, and honour his efforts, excellence and professional competence, and his pivotal role in the educational process.

The Minister of Education congratulated all teachers in the UAE on World teacher's Day and noted that the country will continue its path of excellence, innovation and leadership thanks to the role of the teacher and future generations in advancing nations.