DOHA: The Ministry of Education and Higher education launched the first phase of the junior Science Olympiad and the International Physics Olympiad competition, organised and supervised by the science division of the Ministry’s educational guidance department, in preparation for Qatar’s participation in the International Physics Olympiad in Portugal in July and the International Junior Science Olympiad in Botswana in December.
The International Junior Science Olympiad and the International Physics Olympiad include all government schools for boys and girls, with each school participating in a team of six students with high academic performance in science and physics test who also possess the basic scientific, mathematical language skills.
Qatar won in November the 11th International Olympiad for Astronomy and Physics, which was held in Thailand. It also got the bronze medal in the Netherlands’ International Science Olympiad competitions in December, to add these international achievements to others made by Qatar’ students in the different competitions and regional and international participants in different sciences, reflecting the quality of its education system and its impressive record in paying attention to education, improving its output and achieving real competitiveness commensurate with the potential of the state in these areas.
The International Junior Science Olympiad is the largest scientific event involving talented science students under the age of 16 from different countries of the world. It aims to motivate and encourage talented students to develop their talents in the branches of natural Sciences and promote friendship and relations among students from all over the world from an early age, and also provides an opportunity to compare curricula and educational trends in Science education in participating countries.
