Largest science competition in Kuwait for young, innovative students
Kuwait Science Fair competition, the largest science competition held in Kuwait, today announced that the Information Technology Institute (ITI), a leading institute in technological studies, has joined the competition as a gold sponsor, in support of the competition's continued success in inspiring young students to create and develop math and science ideas and projects in an educational and competitive environment.
The Kuwait Science Fair was founded in 2008 by ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Kuwait Limited and Kuwait Energy Company. In its third chapter, the competition continues to be endorsed by HE Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the Minister of Oil, Minister of Information, and Chairman of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.
For a third consecutive year, the Kuwait Science Fair competition engages young students in more than 150 schools across Kuwait to develop and execute experiments in the math and science fields. The competition encourages students to pursue a career in science with support and guidance from the Kuwait Science Fair competition comprising scientists, teachers and experts.
ITI Managing Director, Mr. Jameel Arif said: "Being an educational institute, we deeply encourage strong initiatives like the Kuwait Science Fair competition, as we know it is a unique opportunity to support Kuwait's young minds. We took the step to support the Kuwait Science Fair competition because we wanted to take part in engaging students into developing innovative projects in math and science fields, and especially those in the technological realm. This is our first year with the Kuwait Science Fair and we hope to see many technological innovations from students during the year."
The Kuwait Science Fair Managing Director, Ms. Aseel Al-Turkait said: "We are very excited to have the Information Technology Institute on board with us. Students have benefited greatly from the support of sponsors in the last two years and we continue in the path to present the students with further support to lead in their ideas and findings. We hope students are encouraged with more leading institutions and companies from different fields support them in their innovations, and are compelled to continue in the science path in the future."
Last year, more than 220 students from 46 different schools participated in creating over 150 projects. Awards included a scholarship from the Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), KD750 in cash, as well as an internship at Schlumberger. The finalist's school received a computer lab from Schlumberger and was admitted into Schlumberger's Excellence in Educational Development program (SEED), which works to educate students on global issues influencing their future and topics that include water conservation, energy usage, and climate change.
The competition is a five-month learning experience that is divided into two phases: a registration phase and an experimental phase.
The registration phase starts with direct school visits and student workshops to guide students in year seven to twelve through their application process, and the development of ideas for their experiments. After an initial review, the experimental phase starts with the best 100 projects continuing the development of their experiments and inventions until the final competition day.
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