Winning students of the reading contests and officials at the awards ceremony yesterday.
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) honoured winners of 4th Reading Olympiad, 7th Arab Reading Challenge and Read and Express Contest yesterday.
Over 124,000 students participated in the reading competition from 297 schools, the largest of its kind in Arabic language.
The Reading Olympiad has been distinguished since its third edition by its integration with the “Arab Reading Challenge” initiative, which is the pioneering initiative launched by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives.
The initiative aims to encourage students around the world to read, through the commitment of more than one million students to participate in reading 50 million books during each academic year.
The honouring ceremony was attended by Undersecretary of MoEHE Dr. Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi; Director of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Office Sarah Al Nuaimi; Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs, Maha Zayed Al Qaqaa Al Ruwaili; Assistant Undersecretary for Private Schools Affairs, Omar Al Nama; and Assistant Undersecretary for Higher Education Affairs Dr. Khaled Abdullah Al Ali.
Abdullah Al Bari from Al Zubair bin Al-Awam primary school for boys was crowned with the title of Arab Reading Challenge Champion, while Ali Hamad Al Hammadi won the second place.
Hana Jamil won the third place; Ali Ahmed Al Maliki from the Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys won the fourth place; and Abdul Rahman Al Jaber from Talha bin Obaid Allah Preparatory School for Boys won the fifth place.
Jawaher Saleh Al Omari from Al Dhakhira Primary Independent Girls School secured sixth position; Raneem Yazan Miqdadi from Arwa Bint Abdul Muttalib Secondary School for Girls won the seventh place; Aisha Muhammad Al Hattar from Qatar Secondary School for Girls got the eighth place; Haneen Abdul Rahman Mustafa Al Saffarini from Moza Bint Muhammad Preparatory School for Girls ranked ninth; and Ibrahim Ismail Ibrahim Abu Shabeek from Al-Quds Model School for Boys won the 10 position.
In the “Honouring Distinguished Schools” category at the level of Qatar in the “Arab Reading Challenge” initiative, Qatar Primary School for Girls won first place; Khalifa Model School for Boys stood second; while Mesaieed Preparatory Secondary School for Boys ranked third.
In the “Distinguished Supervisor” category at the national level in the “Arab Reading Challenge” initiative, Kholoud Yassin Al Hammadi won the first place, and Fatima Rabia Al Kuwari won the second place.
Addressing the event, Dr. Abdullah Al Marri, Director of the Department of Curricula and Learning Resources, said all public and private schools in the country participated in the “Read and Express” competition in the internal qualifying stage, from which 1,700 male and female students qualified to compete in the “Read” competition at school level in Qatar.
He said about 775 male and female students qualified for the “Express” competition; after that, 103 students qualified to participate in the final qualifiers for the “Arab Reading Challenge” initiative.
Sarah Al Nuaimi lauded the level of participation by the students of Qatar in the 7th Arab Reading Challenge, describing it as an unprecedented participation.
She appreciated the great efforts made by 3,400 male and female supervisors, and the participation of more than 124,000 male and female students in the reading competition, the largest of its kind in the Arabic language, from 297 schools.
Al Nuaimi said that this reflects the achievement of Qatar in spreading the culture of reading among students in particular and citizens in general, and to the position occupied by the “Arab Reading Challenge” initiative.
