AFRICA EDUCATION MEDAL

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

General Preamble

Education is the key to Africa’s future. The continent’s great changemakers recognise this. A good education empowers whole communities. It will skill the next generation to fulfil their full potential in a world being transformed by technology. It will reduce poverty and inequality. And it will produce the scientists and leaders of tomorrow who will go on to grapple with Africa’s greatest challenges from climate change to food insecurity and disease.

In the decades leading up to the pandemic, Africa had been making great strides in boosting school enrolment. To protect and expand upon these vital gains in the face of the greatest disruption global education has ever known, it will take everyone working together. Leaders with bold visions for a better tomorrow – teachers, NGOs, politicians, tech entrepreneurs, figures from the public and private sectors – can help build a future where every child in Africa can achieve the quality education that is their birthright.

That is why we are launching the Africa Education Medal to recognise the tireless work of those who are transforming education across the continent - to celebrate the stories of those who have lit the spark of change so others will be inspired to take up the torch.

The Africa Education Medal will be awarded to an outstanding individual who has demonstrated impact, leadership, and advocacy in the field of education.

 

Eligibility

The Africa Education Medal is open to individuals working to improve pre-kindergarten, K-12, vocational and university education who are one of the following:

  • Educators and school administrators
  • Civil society leaders
  • Public servants and government officials
  • Political leaders
  • Technologists and innovators

Nominees must demonstrate their contribution in at least one of the following key areas in education:

  • Significantly improving learning outcomes
  • Promoting girls’ education
  • Promoting equity and broadening access to education
  • Advancing pedagogical or technological innovation
  • Building and strengthening educator capacity
  • Catalysing civic participation in education
  • Championing the rights of education stakeholders

 

Judging Process

Nominees will be assessed on the following criteria:

  1. Impact: the nominee must demonstrate the concrete difference they have made in improving education. We are looking for evidence that the nominee’s work has led to tangible improvements to the lives and learning of students as well as those in the wider community, or has affected demonstrable change in the education ecosystem on a national or international level. Quantitative evidence is important here, such as how many students reached or measurable improvements to education outcomes, but so is displaying innovation and the overcoming of adversity to achieve these impacts.
  2. Leadership: the nominee must demonstrate their leadership through example. Great changemakers do not act alone. They inspire a movement. Whether it is in one organisation, one community or across an entire nation or region, leaders have the ability to make things happen because they are the change they want to see in the world. We are looking for evidence that the nominee has carried others with them in their vision for change, that they have defined a goal for others to strive to, that they have inspired others to take action, and that their own actions have set a positive example that others have followed.
  3. Advocacy: the nominee must explain how they have advocated for change, particularly where they are not in a position to enact that change themselves. Change doesn’t just come from the top. Often it is built from the bottom up. And that means people working every day to advocate for their cause. Here we are looking for evidence – ideally already in the public record – that nominees have been prominent advocates for improving education in some way. Whether that is through media articles, books, television or radio appearances, public talks, lobbying or leading a movement, we want to see the steps nominees have gone through to make those in power sit up and take notice of their ideas.

 

The judging process is as follows:

  1. Once the nomination period has closed, the nomination forms will be read and assessed by a committee set up by T4 Education. Depending on the assessment, the nominee may get shortlisted for consideration in the Top 10 list by T4 Education.
  2. Once a shortlist of possible Top 10 nominees has been proposed, we will conduct further due diligence and verify the information on the nomination forms. We may be asking the nominator and/or the nominee for evidence of their impact, leadership, and advocacy, to support their nomination. T4 Education will announce publicly the list of top 10 finalists for the Africa Education Medal.
  3. T4 Education will put together evaluation packages for the Top 10 finalists which will be sent to our Jury composed of prominent leaders committed to education in Africa. At this point, judges will be asked to declare conflicts of interest, and should they arise, they will be asked to recuse themselves from judging.
  4. The Jury will vote for the winner.
  5. The Winner will be announced in July 2023.

T4 Education reserves the right to apply various considerations in arriving at a final decision at any stage of the contest.

Timeline 2023

February 11th - Launch of the nomination process

April 13th - Nominations close

May - Announcement of Top 10

July  - Announcement of the winner

 

Communication & Dissemination

  • All dissemination efforts in relation to this Contest and its development will be made through T4 Education’s communication channels and amplified by the T4 Community, sponsors, partners, and other third parties involved in the Contest.
  • T4 Education’s main communication language will be English – for dissemination and promotion activities, as well as communications between T4 Education and the participants.
  • T4 Education’s main channel of communication with participants will be through email.

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By participating in this contest (“Contest”), each Nominator and Nominee accepts and agrees to be bound by the following terms and conditions.

We define “Nominators” as those individuals that submit a nomination form to nominee an individual to the Africa Education Medal.

We define “Nominees” as those individuals that are either nominated by someone else, or that have nominated themselves to the Africa Education Medal through the nomination form.

 

TERMS & CONDITIONS ON APPLICATION FOR ALL NOMINATIONS

Conditions and Limitations for everyone:

    • All Nominators and Nominees must be aged 18+. T4 Education may request documentation to verify this information at its own discretion.
    • All nominations must be submitted online and written in English. The forms can accessed via the website:  africaeducationmedal.org. Nominations coming from other source rather than the official nomination form will not be accepted. 
    • All nominations must be written in English. T4 Education will not consider applications written in any other language.
    • T4 Education is not responsible for late, lost, uncompleted, or misdirected entries.
    • T4 Education will not be obligated to provide feedback to unsuccessful nominations. T4 Education will not notify Nominees whose applications have not been considered for the shortlist. Only the shortlisted candidates will be notified of such and the finalists names will be announced to all nominees publicly.
    • By submitting a form, all Nominees and Nominators agree to join our T4 Prizes mailing lists which will act as the main channel of communication regarding the contest. For more information on how to unsubscribe, our privacy practices, and how we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, please review our Privacy Policy.
    • T4 Education is not responsible for late, lost, uncompleted, or misdirected entries.
    • T4 Education will not be obligated to provide feedback to unsuccessful nominations.
    • Nominators and Nominees will not be reimbursed for any costs incurred in connection with submitting the Nomination.
    • Upon submission, Nominators and Nominees grant T4 Education a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free and worldwide license to use and modify the nomination and the supportive material provided in it, in whole or in part, for commercial and other purposes, without any payment or other consideration, for use in any media now known or hereafter discovered, in perpetuity, to the extent legally permissible.
    • By entering this Contest, each Nominator and/or Nominee forever discharges and releases T4 Education from any and all liability, claims, causes of action, suits, and demands of any kind (“Claims”) arising from an in connection with the Contest. The Nominator and/or Nominee also indemnifies T4 Education from all Claims arising from third parties in relation to the Nominee’s participation in this Contest or the breach of these Terms and Conditions by the Applicant.
    • The Nominee agrees to the use of their name and likeness in publicity without notice or any additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. T4 Education is not obligated to attribute a nomination to the Nominator who submitted it. 
    • All Nominees that enter the contest through a third party application (i.e. nominated by someone else) need to consent to their nomination in order for T4 Education to process it for the competition. The consent is expressed via an online email that T4 Education automatically emails to Nominees as soon as a form is submitted with their nomination, to their email address provided by their nominator. Nominees that do not submit the Consent form provided by T4, thus do not confirm their consent, will not be considered for the competition. T4 Education is not responsible for misdirected communications.
    • At T4 Education’s discretion, the Nominator and/or Nominee may be required to provide proof of compliance with any of these Terms and Conditions.
    • Upon T4 Education’s request at any time, and in order to verify the information submitted, Nominees may have to provide evidence and references to support their applications.
    • T4 Education reserves the right to directly contact any of the referees provided by the Nominee to verify their application.
  • Any personal or organisational information not included in the nomination materials collected in connection with this Contest is collected, used, and maintained according to our Privacy Policy: https://t4.education/privacy-policy/

 

TERMS FOR ALL FINALISTS

In addition to the Terms and Conditions for all nominations which have been accepted, those candidates that are named in the Top 10 shortlist (“finalists”) agree to the following:

  • During the period of two years, the Top 10 finalists shall not conduct themselves (by act of omission) in such a way to bring education or T4 Education into disrepute (as may be determined at the sole discretion of T4 Education).
  • The finalist acknowledges that T4 Education has the right to publicise and broadcast the finalist’s name, voice, and likeness, the fact that they qualified, and all materials incidental thereto. T4 Education is not obligated to attribute a nomination to the Nominator who submitted it.
  • The finalist acknowledges that T4 Education has the right to request visual, written, media or other types of assets to promote their inclusion in the shortlist and understands that, by providing T4 Education with these materials, they grant permission to use them publicly. All assets provided will have the necessary permissions of the people on them, even if these were children, for public use in digital, press, and other channels to promote the initiative and any other activities related to T4 Education. The finalist is responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions in advance. Upon submission of required materials, the finalist authorises T4 Education to use them publicly and grants T4 Education a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free and worldwide licence to use and modify the materials, in whole or in part, for commercial and other purposes, without any payment or other consideration, for use in any media now known or hereafter discovered, in perpetuity, to the extent legally permissible.
  • The finalist commits to collaborate where necessary with T4 Education to ensure the proper development and dissemination of the public announcement of the shortlists as stated and requested by them, and any other activities in relation to their inclusion in the shortilst.
  • For a period of one year after their inclusion in the shortlist, the finalist must serve as Ambassador for T4 Education. Serving as Ambassador shall include but not be limited to attending events, promoting activities, disseminating information, speaking to the media and other audiences, undertaking training and other commitments outside of working hours, on weekends and/or on holidays. T4 Education will pay for all international travel and accommodation expenses where it has requested the winner to undertake such a commitment. 
  • The finalist will provide T4 Education with 14 days prior written notice of any public speaking engagements.
  • Inclusion in the finalist community obligates the finalist to: (i) collaborate where requested, (ii) participate in events, (iii) participate in media engagements, (iv) participate in research programmes, (vi) fully promote T4 Education’s events to their community to ensure maximum participation, (vii) use all media channels, including social media accounts to promote engagements where requested, (viii) disseminate information to their networks, (ix) active participation in the T4 Community and its activities.
  • The shortlists once announced are final. In the exceptional cases where finalists withdraw from the contest after the shortlists are announced, due to force majeure circumstances, they will not be removed from the shortlist, but they will not be considered for further stages of the contest.
  • Upon T4 Education’s request, finalists will have to provide examples of evidence and letters of reference to support their nomination, and may also have to participate in any multimedia activities to showcase their work. T4 will be responsible for all charges related to the showcasing and promotion of the Contest.

 

TERMS FOR WINNERS

We define ‘Winners’ as those adjudged to have been voted as the recipient of the Medal in any given year. 

In addition to the Terms and Conditions for all finalists which have been accepted:

    • T4 Education awards the winner with the Africa Education Medal which is a honorific title, with the purpose of amplifying and giving visibility to the work this individual is carrying out, through various activities, with the final aim of the upliftment of education.
    • During the period of a year, the winner shall not conduct themselves (by act of omission) in such a way to bring education or T4 Education or its partners into disrepute (as may be determined at the sole discretion of T4 Education).
    • The winner must not use this honour, neither directly nor indirectly, for any purpose that may bring the education sector into disrepute (as may be determined at the sole discretion of T4 Education) nor any illegal activity; 
    • The winner acknowledges that T4 Education has the right to publicise and broadcast the winner’s name, voice, and likeness, the fact that they won, and all materials incidental thereto.
    • Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms and Conditions, T4 Education reserves the right to require the winner to drop out the title its been conferred with, if, at any point after the award of the Africa Education Medal to the winner, it is discovered that: (a) any of the nomination material was false or misleading in any way, (b) the winner was not in fact eligible or (c) that any of these Terms and Conditions have otherwise been breached.
    • For a period of three years after the awarding of the Africa Education Medal, the winner must serve as Ambassador for T4 Education. Serving as Ambassador shall include but not be limited to attending events, speaking to the media, undertaking training and other commitments outside of working hours, on weekends and/or on holidays. T4 Education will pay for all international travel and accommodation expenses where it has requested the winner to undertake such a commitment.
    • T4 Education reserves the right to terminate the Contest without awarding the Medal if no eligible winner is found or claims the Medal within the required time.
    • These Terms and Conditions are subject to modification by T4 Education in its sole discretion and will be binding upon all Applicants. Any change or modification will be updated on our website, which will apply from the date on which that they are published.
    • This Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. Each of these Terms & Conditions is subject to applicable law.
    • If any Term or Condition or part-Term or Condition is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed deleted, however shall not affect the rest of these Terms and Conditions, in its validity and enforceability.
    • This Contest and these Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales, without regard to any conflicts of law principles. Any and all claims or disputes arising out of or in connection with this Contest or these Terms & Conditions shall be subject to non-exclusive jurisdiction of English courts.

 

DATA PRIVACY POLICY

As a UK-based organisation, T4 Education processes personal data in compliance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR) and the (UK) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Any personal or organisational information included in the application or other materials collected in connection with this Contest is collected, used, and maintained according to our Privacy Policy.

For more information please visit https://t4.education/privacy-policy

 

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Date of last amendment: April 2023.