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All teachers and educators in participating Arab countries — public or private school, any subject.
No. Participation is completely free. All Intel® SFI tools and content are made available at no cost.
A complete lesson plan applying the Intel® SFI framework — articulating learning objectives, the technology tools used, instructional strategies, and expected outcomes.
Submissions are accepted in Arabic, English or French.
Three criteria: Educational Impact (40%), Technology Integration (30%) and Innovation (30%), scored out of 100. Up to 10 bonus points come on top: up to 5 for the Intel® SFI professional-development courses you complete (in proportion to the courses finished) and 5 for an eligible classroom video.
No — but a recorded classroom video adds bonus points and can be decisive between close submissions.
The top three are invited to the InnoXera Global EdTech Summit to present their Starter Packs before an international audience, followed by the awards ceremony.
The top three winners each receive: global recognition with their Starter Pack featured on the Intel® SFI platform; access to Intel® SFI professional development webinars and training sessions; cutting-edge tech devices from Intel, jp.ik, and SixUnited; free Classera platform licenses for their school; and an invitation to present at the InnoXera Global EdTech Summit. The school with the most teacher submissions receives the School Award and an InnoXera invitation.
No. Each participant may submit only one entry, and each registered account may only be used by one person.
Registration: Thu, Oct 01, 2026 – Sun, Jan 31, 2027 · Submissions: Sun, Oct 25, 2026 – Sun, Jan 31, 2027 · Local judging: Mon, Feb 01, 2027 – Wed, Feb 10, 2027 · Regional judging: Thu, Feb 11, 2027 – Wed, Mar 31, 2027 · Grand Finals: Mon, Apr 12, 2027 – Thu, Apr 15, 2027. Your country may set its own submission deadline — it is shown on your dashboard.
No. The courses are optional and free. Each professional-development course you complete in the SFI Learning Hub adds to your bonus (up to 5 points), and the courses help you design a stronger Starter Pack.
Show your lesson in action with your students — ideally 3 to 5 minutes. Upload it to YouTube or Vimeo (it can be unlisted, but it must allow embedding) and paste the link in your submission form. A valid video earns 5 bonus points.
Yes, if anyone appears in your photos or video. Every person shown must sign the form, and for students under 18 a parent or guardian signs. Download the form.
Download the official template — your lesson plan must use it: Lesson Plan Template (Word). It is also linked from your dashboard and the footer of every page.
Yes. You can update and re-submit your entry until your country’s submission deadline. After the deadline it is locked, and only the organizers can reopen it.
First, a jury in each country scores its entries (local round) and the country’s competition manager confirms up to three local winners. They go on to the regional round, where a regional jury scores them again from zero to choose the global winners. Judges never score their own school’s entries or any entry where they have a conflict of interest.
Yes. Every participant with a submitted entry can download a participation certificate from their dashboard once results are published. Winners receive a winner certificate for their round.
It recognizes the school with the most participating teachers — both in each country and across the whole competition. Only teachers who submit an entry count.
You do. By submitting, you share your lesson plan under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) licence so other teachers can use and adapt it with credit to you, and you allow the organizers to use your photos and video to promote the competition.
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