FIDAL Foundation and Edu @ news summon the Thirteenth National and Eighth Ibero-American Contest of Educational Excellence, aimed at educators and teachers at the levels of initial, basic and high school education; of schooled and non-schooled, special and craft education; intercultural and bilingual education systems; who work in public, municipal, fiscal-mission and private establishments, in urban and rural areas.

The main objective of the Educational Excellence Contest, held annually by Fundación FIDAL, is to recognize the best educators in Ecuador and Latin America who contribute to the improvement of the quality of education and enhance the high values of the teaching profession.