Riyadh, December 29, 2022, SPA -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has achieved 9 advanced places in the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Foundation Award for Distinguished Academic Performance at its 25th Cycle. The Award categories are the Distinguished Student, Distinguished Teacher, Distinguished School & School Administration and the Excellence in Educational Research. Four Saudi male and female students participating in the distinguished student category were able to obtain four advanced places, including Hassan bin Ali Bou Mozah from the General Department of Education in Al-Ahsa Governorate, and Mishaal bin Essam Al-Dweywaishi, Farah bint Abdullah Al-Mezaini, and Taraf bint Ahmed Al-Saawi from the General Department of Education in Riyadh. As for the “Distinguished Teacher” category, Saudi male and female teachers won four places, including Abdul Karim bin Abdullah Al-Matar from the General Department of Education in Al-Ahsa Governorate, Mohammed bin Mufreh Al-Shahrani from the General Department of Education in Asir Region, Najlaa Bint Abdulaziz Al-Thumairi from the General Department of Education in Riyadh Region, and Amerah Bint Sagheer Al-Yami From the General Department of Education in Najran Region. In the “Distinguished School and School Administration” category, Al-Siddiq Secondary School (Boys) from the Education Department in Rejal Al-Amaa Governorate won an advanced place in Hamdan Bin Rashid Award for Distinguished Academic Performance 2022, in addition to the Kingdom achieving the Arab award “Hamdan - ALECSO Award for Excellence in Educational Research” . --SPA 19:38 LOCAL TIME 16:38 GMT 0019 www.spa.gov.sa/w1833783