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The Ministry of Education, represented by the Gifted Diagnosis and Care Department, participated in the Future Science Challenge Competition, organized by the Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Medical and Educational Sciences under the slogan “Stimulating Positive Change in Society” through the use of modern technologies to find solutions to societal challenges in the fields of health care, education, improving the standard of living and employing artificial intelligence in these fields. More than 130 gifted students from all governorates of the Sultanate participated in the competition.

This round, the competition witnessed an expansion in the number of participating countries, as all talented students in the Arab world were invited, after the competition was limited to students from the GCC countries in previous sessions. The competition includes the following categories: Juniors (10-13) years, and Professionals (14-17) years.

The participating teams competed in two stages: the first stage was to present their projects via the electronic platform designated for the competition, and they were subject to an initial evaluation by the jury, after which the best projects in each category were selected to move on to the second stage, where the team was interviewed via video conferencing to explain the details of the innovation and evaluate the students in a set of criteria.

This year, (7) teams from the Sultanate of Oman qualified for the final stage in the junior category and (3) teams in the professional category. The results of the participation of the students of the Sultanate of Oman were as follows: Challenge Stars HFS team from Ibri Basic Education School in Al ADhahirah Governorate won the Best Engineer Award in the junior category, and the team was represented by: Sarah bint Walid Al Shamli, Fajr bint Saud Al Khalili, and Hajar bint Awad Al Alawi, under the supervision of teacher Amal bint Salem Al Abri. Al Batinah team from Al Batinah Basic Education School in North Al Batinah Governorate won the Best Presenter Award in the professional category, with the participation of student Al Harith bin Khalfan Al Kaabi, Abdul Rahman bin Yousef Al Farsi, and Al Hussein bin Ali Al Balushi, under the supervision of teacher Abdullah bin Rashid Al Rushdi. Al Ittihad 2024 team from Sayyida Maizoon bint Ahmed Basic Education School in Dhofar Governorate won the Jury Award in the professional category, and the team was represented by Maryam bint Salem Al Maashani, and Yumna bint Said Awad Bait Suwailem, under the supervision of teacher Fatima Ahmed Ali Al Maashani.