In his speech during the closing ceremony, Director of Curriculum and Learning Resources Department of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Dr. Abdullah Al Marri considered the National Science Research and Innovation Week a unique platform for students to present their innovative research and projects and share them with society, and an incentive for teachers to document their strategies in the field of educational differentiation in procedural research that represents the first key to professional development, which is consistent with the Ministry’s main mission that is to instill the concepts of entrepreneurial education in the public education sector and develop innovative and research skills among students to prepare tomorrow’s leaders.
He stated that the National Science Research and Innovation Week also constitutes an opportunity for teachers to explore the challenges facing students and to develop realistic solutions to solve them, which enables them to have a better understanding of the educational process, and thus the ability to bring about the change required to achieve the necessary and continuous development that reflects positively on their students.
Dr. Al Marri explained that the competitions and exhibitions, which have been organized in schools in the State of Qatar since 2008 until the fifteenth edition this year, embody the efforts of students who presented research with high standards at all educational levels, and on the most important scientific topics under the supervision of their teachers, with careful follow-up and continuous development of their abilities by scientific research specialists at the Ministry of Education, in cooperation with supporting partners, most notably the Qatar Research Development and Innovation Council.
He noted that all these efforts were integrated and synergized to produce this edition of the scientific research exhibition, which experts attested to be distinguished and achieve added value in the field of originality of the problems addressed by research and the innovation and effectiveness of solutions.
He stated that 2,151 male and female students from 191 public and private schools at various educational levels participated in the Scientific Research and Innovation Competition for the academic year 2022/2023, and submitted 1,090 research projects, of which 246 papers by 490 male and female students qualified. They are from 150 public and private schools. The outstanding ones will be chosen in accordance with the approved arbitration standards for international participations and competitions, and obtain the honor of representing the State of Qatar in various international research forums.
As for the 339 procedural research papers for teachers, he said that 369 male and female teachers from 121 schools submitted them. Out of this number, 33 research papers submitted by 63 male and female teachers from 29 schools were qualified, he added.
Out of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education’s belief in effective partnership with institutions and bodies concerned with scientific research in the country, the National Science Research and Innovation Week was held in cooperation with the Qatar Research Development and Innovation Council, which partners with the Ministry in sponsoring student researchers and providing the necessary support for them to develop their research that is integrated and compatible with the Ministry’s aim to prepare a generation of researchers proficient in scientific research skills, capable of presenting innovative and pioneering ideas that are applicable and contribute to achieving comprehensive human, economic and social development, the Director of the Curriculum and Learning Resources Department added.
He also valued the Ministry’s partnership with many relevant authorities in the country, which has yielded many achievements that establish a continuous research process.
Source: Qatar News Agency