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The schools of the Sultanate of Oman continue to implement educational initiatives to develop the educational process and enhance the quality of education. These initiatives vary to include developing curricula, enhancing use of technology in education, in addition to supporting extracurricular activities that develop students’ skills and abilities, all to improve learning environment, prepare a generation capable of facing the challenges of the future, and participate effectively in building the nation.

The Injaz Initiative is one of these initiatives that aim to develop students’ skills in applied science subjects, implemented by Amina bint Al Imam Jabir bin Zaid School (9-12) in Al Buraimi Governorate. This report reviews its positive impact on the educational process, students, and the most prominent successes achieved by the initiative represented in raising the academic levels of the school’s students.

The Injaz initiative focuses on developing students’ skills in applied science subjects and targets students in grades 10 and 11. It provides incentives and discounts through the Injaz card for those who qualify for competitive tests, which are provided by the entities and companies supporting the initiative. The Injaz card is rewarded after obtaining the three challenge cards (bronze, silver, gold). The initiative is implemented by conducting competitive tests at the level of Al Buraimi Governorate via the initiative’s digital platform, and students passing periodic tests in applied science subjects to obtain the Injaz card.

Samia Al Balushi, Headmaster of Amina bint Imam Jabir bin Zaid School and Director of the Initiative, said: “The Injaz Initiative aims to enhance the desire and enthusiasm among students to work hard and achieve academic excellence, and to provide material and moral support to outstanding students, which helps them to continue to excel, encourage positive competition among students, and instill the spirit of outstanding performance in academic subjects.”

She stressed that the Injaz initiative is keen to enhance the partnership between schools and the local community, which serves the educational process, by activating e-learning in the educational process, and raising the academic level of students in applied science subjects.

She stated that the initiative’s work team includes the initiative manager responsible for managing and implementing the initiative in general, the academic team 1, whose role is to formulate test questions, and the academic team 2, which implements the tests, evaluates student performance, and analyzes statistics on the digital platform. There is also a marketing and public relations team, and another team specializing in technology, which helps in developing the electronic system for managing competitions and distributing discount cards.

Mona Al-Alawi, an IT teacher at Amina bint Al-Imam Jabir bin Zaid School and a main member of the initiative, said: “The initiative goes through four stages, starting with the planning and preparation stage, by forming a work team consisting of executive officials and educational supervisors, identifying the supporting entities, and concluding agreements with them. second stage is promoting the initiative in schools and the local community to increase awareness and motivate students to work hard and persevere. In this stage, we encourage the supporting entities to participate and provide incentives and discounts to students.”

The third stage is the organization and implementation stage. In this stage, the digital platform is designed for the initiative’s electronic content, in which competitive tests are also implemented, and challenge cards are presented. The last stage is the monitoring and evaluation stage. In this stage, the progress of the students’ level is monitored, they are motivated to excel and persevere, and the initiative’s indicators are analyzed in raising the academic level of the participating students.

About their participation in the initiative, Zainab Mohammed Salem, Grade 10 student, said: “The Injaz platform is a very useful educational platform. I learned about the mechanism of questions for the final exams, and I got the gold card.” Rima bint Saif Al-Mabsaliya, Grade 10 students, said: “The Injaz initiative, for me, is one of the best competitive initiatives I have participated in. I competed in the exams and got the silver card.”

Student Mansour Al Badi from the Institute of Islamic Sciences in Al Buraimi said: “I liked participating in the Injaz platform for several reasons, including: reviewing what I have studied, developing my scientific skills, and competing with other students from the governorate’s schools.” Student Mutraf bin Majid Al Jahouri stressed the importance of participating in the Injaz platform by saying: “I learned a lot from it about test questions, and knowing my academic abilities. I thank Amina bint Al Imam Jabir bin Zaid School for this initiative.”