Sharjah student wins third Arab Reading Challenge
MOHAMMAD BIN RASHID TWEETS: I AM PROUD OF THE 350,000 STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED
Shamsa Jasim Al Naqbi, a grade 11 student at Umm Omara Secondary School Sharjah, has been declared the winner of the third Arab Reading Challenge 2018 across the UAE.
She beat more than 351,000 students, who took part in the challenge across UAE schools.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, tweeted: “I am proud of the 350,000 students who participated in the Arab Reading Challenge in the UAE. Congratulations to Shamsa Al Naqbi, who placed first. I would also like to congratulate more than 10.5 million Arab students who took part in the Arab Reading Challenge. A generation of readers is a promising one, and makes us optimistic about a beautiful future.”
Al Naqbi got the the top prize for her ability to select and analyse the most important topics covered by the books she read and also her ability to summarise the important points and scientific and humanitarian values that the books focused on.
Grade 12 student Fatima Mohammad Sharif Ba’lawi from Al Saleh School in Sharjah won second place while grade 11 student Abdullah Mohammad Al Marzouqi from GEMS Dubai American Academy won third place. Grade 3 student Yousuf Al Dashti from the School of Research Science Dubai finished fourth.
Wahida Abdul Aziz Jasim, Skills Development and Project Manager, won the distinguished coordinator title while Asem Mahmoud Abara, from Al Dhafra Educational Zone, was awarded the distinguished supervisor award.
Bayat Al Rdwan Primary School for Girls at Al Dhafra region-Abu Dhabi received the UAE’s best school award, beating out other finalists.
The top 10 students across the UAE, along with their supervisors and the winning students and distinguished supervisors from various educational zones were also honoured at a ceremony organised by the Ministry of Education yesterday.
The winning students and distinguished supervisors from various educational zones were also honoured.
Hussain Ebrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education, hailed the high quality of results achieved by the ARC in just three years. Al Hammadi said that today, the challenge is the biggest annual initiative of its kind for Arab students.
This year, the registration was officially open for Arab students in foreign countries with the aim of promoting the culture of reading in Arabic and deepen Arab students’ bonds with their mother tongue language.
The 2018 edition succeeded in reaching more than 10.5 million Arab students in 44 countries after the project became global.
WAM