Contract Awards

RNS Number : 5577Z

Tribal Group PLC

19 March 2012

 



19 March 2012

Tribal Group plc

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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Editors' note:

Tribal Group plc (Tribal) is a leading provider of technology products and services to the education, learning and training markets in the UK and internationally.

Our people are sector experts and we work in partnership with a wide range of organizations, including schools, colleges, universities, local authorities and government departments, as well as employers in the private sector. Tribal has over 1,300 staff, and operates in the UK, Australasia, US and Middle East.  Tribal's shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange (TRB). Links: Tribal Group plc website: www.tribalgroup.com

This Statement has been prepared for and is addressed only to our shareholders as a whole and should not be relied on by any other party or for any other purpose. Tribal, its directors, employees, agents or advisers do not accept or assume responsibility to any other person to whom this Statement is shown or into whose hands it may come and any such responsibility or liability is expressly disclaimed.  This Statement may contain forward-looking statements and the financial information is unaudited. Any forward-looking statement has been made by the directors in good faith based on the information available to them up to the time of approval of this Statement and should be treated with caution due to the inherent uncertainties, including both economic and business risk factors, underlying such forward-looking information. To the extent that this Statement contains any statement dealing with any time after the date of its preparation, such statement is merely predictive and speculative as it relates to events and circumstances which are yet to occur and therefore the facts stated and views expressed may change. Tribal undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

 

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