40 school students hone skills at summer course organised by QU-YSC
THE Qatar University’s oung Scientist Center has launched a summer course to foster creativity and scientific research skills for preparatory and primary students through electronic platforms. This step stemmed from the Centre’s vision of encouraging innovation among Qatari youth, as innovation is one of the factors needed to advance the economy and transformation into an economy based on knowledge, research and development.
The centre’s objective was also to invest student free time during summer vacations by providing a fun educational environment that inspires innovative thinking and creativity and to adopt these ideas and develop them into distinguished projects that place Qatar at the forefront of research and innovation and contribute to the achievement of Qatar’s vision for 2030.
This course was attended by 40 male and female students from 7 different schools. The participating female students were from North Region schools such as Al-Daayen Preparatory and Primary Girls School, AlShahaniya Preparatory School for Girls and Al-Jamiliya School for Girls. As well as students from the Al-Arqam Academy for Girls and the Modern English School. While the male participating students were from Al-Kaaban Primary and Preparatory School for Boys and AlShahaniya Preparatory School for Boys.
The students showed a great deal of interaction during the workshop, as they excelled in the day-to-day challenges and implementation of the final design projects, re ecting what they learned during the course. The students were excited about the content of the course and called for an increase in the number of days of the course to enable them to acquire more skills and take part in other fun educational challenges.
One of the students expressed her great admiration for the course, explaining, “The course was enjoyable and useful, and increased my interest in science.” While Khamis Al Mansoori, a parent of one of the participating students, said, “The workshop had a great impact on my daughter in many ways, such as organizing time and taking advantage of holiday free time, she also practiced teamwork and made new friends.