Ashghal backs research expo at school

Underthe patronage of the Public Works Authority (Ashghal), Al KhansaaPrimary School for Girls yesterday organised an “Internal Exhibition forScientific Research” under the theme, “Design for Change”. A numberof officials from the Quality and Safety Department of Ashghal werepresent at the opening. Quality and Safety Department manager engineerKhalid Mohamed al-Emadi inaugurated the exhibition.The Departmentprovided technical support for some projects proposed by the school,enabling students to conduct the experiments in Ashghal’s Centre forResearch and Development. The Department also supported the exhibitionwith a number of mobile laboratories including environment and materialsresearch laboratory equipment.While expressing happiness at theevent, al-Emadi said Ashghal’s participation in the exhibition is theirsecond at the school. Last year, Ashghal actively participated  in tworesearch projects.Principal of the school Hoda al-Obeidlyappreciated Ashghal’s efforts that contributed to the event’s success,stressing that the Authority has a great role in making the exhibition areality.“There are 21 participants in the research. One out ofseven research projects will be recommended by the jury to be the winnerof  the 10th National Competition for Students Research,“Entrepreneurship and Creativity,” sponsored by the Ministry ofEducation and Higher Education. Such exhibitions aim to enrichscientific research in Qatar and to raise the scientific andintellectual level of the students,” she added.