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International schools inspection contract with Abu Dhabi Education Council

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Mathematics Professional Development Contract to take forward the National Centre for the Excellence in Teaching of Mathematics in the UK

Tribal, a leading provider of technology products and services to the education, learning and training markets, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by the Abu Dhabi Education Council ("ADEC") to inspect Government funded and private schools in the Emirate. The 3 year contract is expected to be worth up to 6m, and builds on the schools inspections Tribal undertook for ADEC during 2011.

In addition, the Department of Education has awarded Tribal the Mathematics Continuing Professional Development Contract. This builds on Tribal's original contract under which it has since 2006 operated an online personal development portal for over 50,000 mathematics teachers in the UK. Tribal will now continue to provide this service until 2015, with the potential for a further three years, under a new contract initially valued at approximately 5m.

Tribal's Chief Executive, Keith Evans, commented:

"We are pleased to continue our work in Abu Dhabi. This contract complements our school, college and nursery inspections activities on behalf of Ofsted in the UK, and confirms the value of our UK expertise and solutions to international markets.

"Our service which provides continuing professional development to teachers of mathematics through the National Centre for the Excellence in Teaching of Mathematics is an example of our expertise in personal development and e-portal management, which brings together our intellectual property in software, subject knowledge and education and learning more generally. We are delighted to continue to deliver this service for the Department of Education."

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