The Association of Queen Rania Al Abdullah Award for Excellence in Education

What The Association of Queen Rania Al Abdullah Award for Excellence in Education does

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Name

The Association of Queen Rania Al Abdullah Award for Excellence in Education

Legal name

جمعية جائزة الملكة رانيا العبدالله للتميز التربوي

Website

https://qra.jo

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

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Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Excellence Awards & Recognition Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Teacher Education Standards & Professional Practice Framework Authorities (EDADAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Teacher Training, Professional Development & Education Leadership (BPADAKAC), Accreditation Standards, Benchmarking & Framework Organizations (EDADACAJ), Education Policy Evaluation & Impact Assessment Organizations (EDADADAD)

Keywords

• Educational excellence awards
• Teacher recognition programs
• Professional development education
• Institutional school awards
• Educator performance evaluation

Headquarters

HQ city

Jabal Amman, Amman

HQ country

Jordan

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Not applicable — non-profit association: The association is a non-profit organization funded through royal patronage, private sector sponsors (such as Zain as exclusive telecom sponsor and Arab Bank as long-term project sponsor), and government support from Jordan's Ministry of Education. No commercial revenue model applies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The association runs a structured annual awards cycle that recognizes excellence among Jordanian public-school teachers, principals, counselors, education directorates, kindergartens, and supporting schools. Beyond recognition, it delivers professional development programs (My Environment is the Most Beautiful, Institutionalization Program, Applied Distinguished Solutions), academic scholarships, and a curated Electronic Library of educator-produced educational videos, all coordinated through the Ministry of Education's 43 directorates.

Product overview

The Association of Queen Rania Al Abdullah Award for Excellence in Education (QRA) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 by royal initiative. Its portfolio consists of individual excellence awards (Teacher, Principal, Educational Counselor) and institutional awards (Education Directorates, Kindergarten). These are complemented by programs including 'My Environment is the Most Beautiful' (بيئتي الأجمل), the Applied Distinguished Solutions initiative, the Institutionalization Program, the Mathematics Toolkit, and the Electronic Library. The association also operates an electronic awards portal for online submissions. The overall offering is a layered recognition-and-development ecosystem — awards identify top performers, programs sustain their impact through peer sharing and resource dissemination, and the portal digitizes the submission and evaluation process.

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Brands

• My Environment is Most Beautiful (بيئتي الأجمل): A program launched in 2009 targeting school environments to create clean, healthy, organized, beautiful, and inspiring environments for excellence and creativity.
• Institutionalization Program (برنامج المأسسة)
• Electronic Library (المكتبة الإلكترونية)

Products and services

• Queen Rania Al Abdullah Award for Distinguished Teacher (جائزة الملكة رانيا العبدالله للمعلّم المتميّز) The association's flagship annual recognition for outstanding teachers across all grade levels in Jordan's public schools, evaluating pedagogical excellence, student impact, and applied innovation. Winners receive financial incentives (up to 4,000 JD), scholarships, professional development, and promotion priority points.
• Queen Rania Al Abdullah Award for Distinguished School Principal (جائزة الملكة رانيا العبدالله للمدير المتميّز) Annual recognition of school principals and administrators in Jordan's public education system who demonstrate excellence in leadership, institutional management, and fostering a culture of achievement within their schools.
• Queen Rania Al Abdullah Award for Distinguished Educational Counselor (جائزة الملكة رانيا العبدالله للمرشد التربوي المتميّز) Annual recognition of school counselors who excel in student psychosocial support, career guidance, academic counseling, and community engagement across Jordan's public schools.
• Award for Education Directorates Supporting Excellence (جائزة مديريات التربية والتعليم الداعمة للتميّز) Institutional award recognizing education directorates that actively promote and support educational excellence culture across their schools and within their jurisdiction.
• Queen Rania Al Abdullah Award for Distinguished Kindergartens (جائزة الملكة رانيا العبدالله لرياض الأطفال المتميّزة) Institutional award recognizing public kindergarten institutions under Jordan's Ministry of Education that demonstrate excellence in early childhood education quality, supported by partnerships with universities such as the Hashemite University.
• Award for Schools Supporting Excellence (جائزة المدارس الداعمة للتميّز) Institutional award recognizing schools that actively support various aspects of educational excellence, including participation in association programs and community initiatives.
• My Environment is the Most Beautiful Program (برنامج بيئتي الأجمل) A school environment improvement program that engages students, teachers, and local communities in maintaining clean, healthy, organized, and aesthetically pleasing school environments across Jordan.
• Applied Distinguished Solutions (الحلول المتميّزة المطبّقة) An award track that recognizes and enables the scaling of innovative solutions developed and applied by educators in Jordan's public schools, with more than 6,000 solutions submitted in the first cycle.
• Institutionalization Program (برنامج المأسسة) A program in partnership with the Ministry of Education that institutionalizes the outputs and impact of award recipients, enabling them to share best practices and mentor peers within and across Jordan's education directorates.
• Electronic Library (المكتبة الإلكترونية) An online library of educational video content produced by distinguished educators, hosted at elibrary.qra.jo to support parents and educational professionals in teaching students.

Quantifiable outcome

• 543+ educators (teachers, principals, counselors) recognized since inception through 2021, with figures growing in subsequent cycles
• +7 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles5 records

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Higher Council for Science and Technology (المجلس الأعلى للعلوم والتكنولوجيا)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 August 2026Signed an MOU in August 2026 for cooperation in scientific research. The association's 20 years of educator performance databases will be made available to researchers and universities to guide studies toward nationally prioritized issues. The Council views the association's databases as a valuable knowledge resource for developing scientific research.
• Arab Bank (البنك العربي)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Arab Bank has renewed its support for the 'My Environment is the Most Beautiful' (بيئتي الأجمل) project for the 9th consecutive year. The bank supports the school environmental improvement program aimed at motivating positive student behavior and strengthening school belonging.
• Hashemite University (الجامعة الهاشمية)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership with Hashemite University to attract specialized educational professors to support the capabilities of kindergarten staff. The university collaborated with the association to support outstanding kindergartens as expert centers.
• Zain Jordan (زين الأردن)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 May 2023Zain has served as the exclusive telecom sponsor for the Royal Award Ceremony for 10 consecutive years. The partnership provides financial sponsorship for the annual ceremony and contributes to amplifying the association's mission. The agreement was renewed in May 2023 for continued exclusive sponsorship from the telecommunications sector.
• Jordan University (الجامعة الأردنية)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Provides postgraduate scholarships (master's and postgraduate diplomas) to outstanding educators recognized by the association. One of several Jordanian universities participating in the scholarship incentive program.
• Yarmouk University (جامعة اليرموك)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Provides postgraduate scholarships to outstanding educators. Contributed educational content to the association's programs as part of the academic partnership.
• Mutah University (جامعة مؤتة)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Participates in the scholarship incentive program for outstanding educators.
• Hashemite University (الجامعة الهاشمية)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Participates in the scholarship incentive program for outstanding educators and has partnered with the association on professional development programs for kindergartens.
• Ministry of Education — Jordan (وزارة التربية والتعليم)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Ministry of Education is the association's primary institutional partner. The partnership includes annual institutionalization committee meetings, Ministry use of association databases for policy research, co-development of award criteria, and joint programs including the 'My Environment is the Most Beautiful' initiative and the School Institutionalization Program (برنامج المأسسة).

Scale indicators12 records

Broad incumbents

• UNESCO Prizes in Education: The United Nations' portfolio of education recognition prizes (e.g., UNESCO Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers, UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize). Comparable as a global teacher and education excellence recognition body, though operating at much broader geographic and institutional scale.
• Aga Khan Academies: A network of residential schools operated by the Aga Khan Development Network across multiple countries, with strong emphasis on teacher professional development and educator excellence. Comparable as a royally connected (Aga Khan) education organization focused on educator and student excellence, though operating its own schools rather than recognition programs.
• Education Above All (Qatar Foundation): Qatar Foundation's education-focused initiative operating across multiple countries with programs targeting education access, quality, and youth development. Comparable as a Gulf-region non-profit driving education excellence at scale, but operating with much broader geographic and thematic scope than QRA's domestic recognition focus.
• Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (Education pillar): A broader UAE-based portfolio of education and human development initiatives operating at much larger scale. Comparable as a royally patronized education excellence and development organization in the MENA region, though its scope extends well beyond teacher recognition.

Regional players

• INJAZ Al-Arab: A regional non-profit operating across 12 MENA countries delivering workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy programs in public schools. Comparable as a MENA-region education non-profit that works through Ministry of Education channels and corporate sponsors to deliver programs in public school systems, with similar scaling approach through institutional partnerships.
• King Abdulaziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba): Saudi Arabia's national foundation for identifying and developing gifted students, with programs including national competitions and educator development. Comparable as a MENA region non-profit that recognizes and develops educational excellence, though its primary focus is student giftedness rather than teacher recognition.
• King Hussein Foundation: A leading Jordanian non-profit founded in memory of King Hussein, operating programs in education, youth development, and civil society. Directly comparable to QRA as a Jordan-headquartered, royally connected non-profit driving education and human-capital development, with similar funding model of donor and partner support.
• Jordan Education Initiative (JEI): A Jordan-based public-private partnership under the Ministry of Education focused on integrating education technology into Jordanian public schools. Comparable as a Jordan-headquartered non-profit operating in partnership with the Ministry of Education to improve public school quality, with a similar institutional relationship model though focused on EdTech rather than educator recognition.

Direct peers

• Varkey Foundation: UK-based global education nonprofit operating the US$1 million Global Teacher Prize — the world's most recognized teacher recognition award. Directly comparable to QRA as a foundation-run, high-profile educator excellence recognition body with international scope and corporate sponsorship.
• Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Distinguished Academic Performance: UAE's flagship education excellence award recognizing outstanding teachers, administrators, and students across all grade levels. Closely mirrors QRA's structure as a royally patronized national education recognition body operating a multi-category award ecosystem in a MENA public education system.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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